Thrillers & Suspense
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Just Another Missing Person: A Novel
Don't miss the twist of the summer!
From the author of the Reese's Book Club Pick and the New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes a new heart-stopping thriller in which a missing-person case unravels deeper, darker secrets that lead a detective to an impossible moral choice.
Not everyone who is lost should be found…
22-year-old Olivia has been missing for one day…and counting. She was last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley. And not coming back out again.
Julia, the detective heading up the search for Olivia, thinks she knows what to expect. A desperate family, a ticking clock, and long hours away from her husband and daughter. But she has no idea just how close to home this case is going to get.
Because the criminal at the heart of the disappearance has something she never expected. His weapon isn't a gun, or a knife: it's a secret. Her worst one. And her family's safety depends on one thing: Julia must NOT find out what happened to Olivia - and must frame somebody else for her murder.
If you find her, you will lose everything. What would you do?
This clever and endlessly surprising thriller is laced with a clever look at family and motherhood, and cements Gillian McAllister as a major talent in the world of suspense and a master of creating ethical dilemmas that show just how murky the distinction between right and wrong can be.
From the author of the Reese's Book Club Pick and the New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes a new heart-stopping thriller in which a missing-person case unravels deeper, darker secrets that lead a detective to an impossible moral choice.
Not everyone who is lost should be found…
22-year-old Olivia has been missing for one day…and counting. She was last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley. And not coming back out again.
Julia, the detective heading up the search for Olivia, thinks she knows what to expect. A desperate family, a ticking clock, and long hours away from her husband and daughter. But she has no idea just how close to home this case is going to get.
Because the criminal at the heart of the disappearance has something she never expected. His weapon isn't a gun, or a knife: it's a secret. Her worst one. And her family's safety depends on one thing: Julia must NOT find out what happened to Olivia - and must frame somebody else for her murder.
If you find her, you will lose everything. What would you do?
This clever and endlessly surprising thriller is laced with a clever look at family and motherhood, and cements Gillian McAllister as a major talent in the world of suspense and a master of creating ethical dilemmas that show just how murky the distinction between right and wrong can be.
Editorial Reviews
"There was a point during Just Another Missing Person where I sat up and shouted in shock. Gillian McAllister stunned me . . . and she will stun you too. I dare you to not ingest this in one sitting."
- Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Gillian McAllister knocks it out of the park yet again with this exquisitely plotted, seamlessly constructed police drama filled with clever twist after clever twist, gasp out loud reveals and beautifully realized characters. Just tremendous."
- Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Just Another Missing Person is so much more than its dazzling plot." - Marian Keyes, internationally bestselling author
"Gillian McAllister is that rare thing: a thriller writer who blends breath-taking plotting and suspense with real emotional depth. Just Another Missing Person is my favorite thriller of the year." - Lucy Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author
"[A] twist-a-minute thriller. Fans of Alice Feeney and Ruth Ware will be glued to the pages." - Booklist (starred review)
"A twisty exploration of professional and familial responsibility, the anonymity of the internet, and the slippery slope to criminality." - Kirkus Reviews
"McAllister piles twist on startling twist, but always in the service of carefully drawn characters with real human problems. A first class thriller"
- The Mail on Sunday
"The new queen of the what-would-you-do crime thriller is back with a tightly-plotted and twist-packed tale which will send your head spinning." - Ellory Lloyd, author of The Club
"Starts with an impossible, irresistible premise - a woman who vanishes into thin air - and takes the reader on a thrilling journey of blind alleys and audacious twists. This is McAllister at the height of her powers." -...
- Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Gillian McAllister knocks it out of the park yet again with this exquisitely plotted, seamlessly constructed police drama filled with clever twist after clever twist, gasp out loud reveals and beautifully realized characters. Just tremendous."
- Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Just Another Missing Person is so much more than its dazzling plot." - Marian Keyes, internationally bestselling author
"Gillian McAllister is that rare thing: a thriller writer who blends breath-taking plotting and suspense with real emotional depth. Just Another Missing Person is my favorite thriller of the year." - Lucy Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author
"[A] twist-a-minute thriller. Fans of Alice Feeney and Ruth Ware will be glued to the pages." - Booklist (starred review)
"A twisty exploration of professional and familial responsibility, the anonymity of the internet, and the slippery slope to criminality." - Kirkus Reviews
"McAllister piles twist on startling twist, but always in the service of carefully drawn characters with real human problems. A first class thriller"
- The Mail on Sunday
"The new queen of the what-would-you-do crime thriller is back with a tightly-plotted and twist-packed tale which will send your head spinning." - Ellory Lloyd, author of The Club
"Starts with an impossible, irresistible premise - a woman who vanishes into thin air - and takes the reader on a thrilling journey of blind alleys and audacious twists. This is McAllister at the height of her powers." -...
Readers Top Reviews
Marianne
This is an intelligent read with twists and turns. The interaction of the characters speaking in "present day" and to others who are missing enhances the book as a whole. Highly recommend.
SkyeMarianne
“Parenthood is beautiful, but hard, too. It’s tough to exist in the world when there is someone going about their business who you would die for.” JUST ANOTHER MISSING PERSON is a wild ride. There’s a big twist in the middle and lots of little twists along the way, but that isn’t what I enjoyed most about this book. I loved it because Gillian McAllister writes so beautifully about the strong feelings of being a mother, particularly of young adults, and how you’d do absolutely anything for them, at any cost. This book follows detective Julia Day as she works to find a 22-year-old woman who has disappeared without a trace. Olivia was seen on CCTV, entering a blind alley, but she never comes out again. JUST ANOTHER MISSING PERSON is smart and well plotted. It’s a solid police procedural, but it’s filled with heart. I really enjoyed this one and recommend it to anyone who likes a good, plausible mystery with a heavy dash of motherhood, the difficulties of being a woman in the working world, and the difference between right and wrong. Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow Books for an ARC of JUST ANOTHER MISSING PERSON and the opportunity to give my honest opinion.
Melissa ParcelSky
3.5 stars, rounded up I loved McAllister's last book (Wrong Place Wrong Time) and this one was good but not quite as clever and gripping. If you like a good police procedural, you should definitely pick it up. It has some excellent twists that honestly surprised me, so that's always a bonus when you're a jaded mystery/thriller reader like me. Olivia has been reported missing. She had just moved into a new flat and is starting a new job. After a night out, she disappears, seemingly into thin air. The police are called in, including Detective Julia Day. While on the way to the crime scene, a man gets into Julia's car and blackmails her into planting false evidence. The information he has? Something about Julia and her daughter that they thought no one else knew. As Julia is working the case, it becomes more puzzling and the planted evidence leads them to an unexpected person. There are a couple of turns this book took that I thought were very clever. And there were a couple of them that didn't really work for me, I honestly thought there were just a few too many twists after all was said and done. (view spoiler) I know it can be kind of a balancing act for a writer, so I don't really hold it against her, but some of the things that happened needed my full brain power to piece together as they were a bit confusing (characters with two different names, and quite a large number of characters to keep straight overall.) All in all, another clever suspenseful mystery from McAllister with some surprising twists. I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book, all opinions are my own.
