by NicciFrench (Author)
Losing You is a nail-biter of a thriller from the best-selling author, Nicci French. The clock is ticking - and the search hasn't even begun...Nina Landry has given up city life for the isolated community of Sandling Island, lying off the bleak east coast of England. At night the wind howls. Sometimes they are cut off by the incoming tide. For Nina though it is home. It is safe. But when Nina's teenage daughter Charlie fails to return from a sleepover on the day they're due to go on holiday, the island becomes a different place altogether. A place of secrets and suspicions. Where no one - friends, neighbours or the police - believes Nina's instinctive fear that her daughter is in terrible danger. Alone, she undergoes a frantic search for Charlie. And as day turns to night, she begins to doubt not just whether they'll leave the island for their holiday - but whether they will ever leave it again. Praise for Nicci French: "Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition. No one understands human psychological frailty better. No one writes better about grief, love, fear or emotional damage. Not many books are as insightful as they are addictive; Nicci French's are." (Sophie Hannah). "You live through every nail-biting minute." (Guardian). "A brilliantly crafted new crime series." (Daily Mirror). "Terrific. The writing is pacy, the jaw-dropping twists are plentiful." (Short List). "One of French's hardest-to-put-down novels." (Sunday Express). "French is undeniably at the top of British psychological suspense writing, expert in the unguessable twist, supremely skilled at ratcheting up the tension." (Observer). "A nerve-jangling and addictive read." (Daily Express).
Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Edition: 1
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 06 Mar 2008
ISBN 10: 0141035412
ISBN 13: 9780141035413
A seamless first-person account...This engrossing read captures the importance of the often overlooked and underappreciated minutiae of everyday life while commanding a deeply personal reaction in readers. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
What gives Losing You its chief distinction...is its unusually emotive color and its flinty protagonist.... Nina is the parent we'd all like to be under duress, and I find I've become nearly as protective of her as she is of her daughter. --Salon.com
The pace and tension accelerate as the identity of Charlie's abductor remains deliciously uncertain. This is a quick, enjoyable read. -- Library Journal
[French] renders psychological chillers that manage to generate great suspense... This latest offering is sure to keep readers furiously flipping pages through the night. -- Booklist
The novel's greatest strength is its cool-eyed portrait of an English village -- The Washington Post
Nicci French know[s] exactly how to maintain the tension...You live through every nail-biting minute. -- The Guardian
The heart pounds from the first page...This is a book that keeps you reading into the small hours.
-- The Observer (UK)
Lose yourself in this smart nail-biter of a tale about a mother's desperate search for her missing teenage daughter. - People magazine
A seamless first-person account...This engrossing read captures the importance of the often overlooked and underappreciated minutiae of everyday life while commanding a deeply personal reaction in readers. - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
What gives Losing You its chief distinction...is its unusually emotive color and its flinty protagonist.... Nina is the parent we'd all like to be under duress, and I find I've become nearly as protective of her as she is of her daughter. -Salon.com
The pace and tension accelerate as the identity of Charlie's abductor remains deliciously uncertain. This is a quick, enjoyable read. - Library Journal
[French] renders psychological chillers that manage to generate great susp