"A fascinating psychological thriller with real attitude, it becomes all the more haunting when you realise it’s based on a true story."
This is a psychological thriller with real attitude, in fact, it might even be described as feisty. Meg and her daughter Grace are a true part of their community, the whole town is in shock when Meg is murdered and Grace discovered to be missing. Grace has been ill for years and may only have days to live without her medication, two local people desperate to save her, begin to investigate.
This novel was inspired by the true life story of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard in the USA, can I suggest (insist!) that you don’t look it up until you’ve finished the book, I was very patient and I’m so glad that I waited! Each chapter either focuses on investigative journalist Jon, or neighbour Cara, and their individual tales open the storyline into a widescreen panorama.
My thoughts sped in one direction and then another as I read, focusing on the small, the intimate, burrowing into the minds of the characters. Emily Elgar tells this intricate tale with assurance, suggesting, introducing, opening information for our reading minds to analyse. Grace is Gone is fascinating and thrilling tale, it becomes all the more haunting when you realise it's based on a true story.
From the bestselling author of If You Knew Her comes this harrowing tale of suspensea story ripped from todays headlinesof a tight-knit English community, whos rocked by the murder of a mother and the mysterious disappearance of her daughter, and the secrets that lie concealed beneath a carefully constructed facade.A small towns beloved family.A shocking, senseless crimeand the dark secret at the heart of it all.Everyone in Ashford, Cornwall, knows Meg Nichols and her daughter, Grace.
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From the bestselling author of If You Knew Her comes this harrowing tale of suspensea story ripped from todays headlinesof a tight-knit English community, whos rocked by the murder of a mother and the mysterious disappearance of her daughter, and the secrets that lie concealed beneath a carefully constructed facade.A small towns beloved family.A shocking, senseless crimeand the dark secret at the heart of it all.Everyone in Ashford, Cornwall, knows Meg Nichols and her daughter, Grace. Meg has been selflessly caring for Grace for years, and Gracesmiling and optimistic in spite of her many illnessesadores her mother.
Grace Is Gone features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Crime and Mystery, Books of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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Grace Is Gone was written by Emily Elgar and published by HarperCollins
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