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The Girls Left Behind - A home for troubled children; a lifetime of hidden secrets. The

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Informationen zum Autor Emily Gunnis previously worked in TV drama and lives in Swansea with her young family. She is one of the four daughters of Sunday Times bestselling author Penny Vincenzi. Klappentext No one wanted to end up at Morgate House. But the girls had nowhere else to go... 1985 Separated from her little sister at the children's home where they are taken as orphans, Holly Moore is a troubled teenager in need of love. When she meets a man who promises to take care of her, she hopes her luck has finally changed. 2015 The clock is ticking for Superintendent Jo Hamilton when the discovery of a young woman's remains takes her back to an unsolved case from the past. As a constable, Jo was often called out to deal with runaways from Morgate House, but when Holly Moore disappeared - after another female resident fell from the cliffs - Jo was convinced the home was hiding something. Now, with only days before her forced retirement, Jo decides to track down Holly's sister and re-open the case. But will the trail lead her disturbingly close to home? Praise for Emily Gunnis 'Twisty, heart-wrenching' 'Utterly gripping' 'Fast paced, brilliantly plotted' Sophie Kinsella Adele Parks Lesley Pearse 9781472272096 (also available in ebook and audio) Cover credits... Author photo © Laurie Fletcher £8.99 www.headline.co.uk www.emilygunnis.com (facebook logo) emilygunnisauthor (twitter logo) @EmilyGunnis (Instagram logo) @emilygunnis Vorwort The emotional and thrilling new novel from the global bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE LETTER Emily Gunnis. A heartwrenching story of a girl disappeared, a terrible wrong and powerful people with something to hide... Zusammenfassung The gripping new novel from the global bestselling author of The Girl in the Letter  Emily Gunnis is a heartwrenching story of a girl disappeared, a terrible wrong and powerful people with something to hide... NO ONE BELIEVED THE GIRLS. BUT BONES DON'T LIE... The clock is ticking for Superintendent Jo Hamilton, who is just days from retirement from Sussex Police when the discovery of the bones of a young woman takes her back to a tragic unsolved case she worked on as WPC in the 1970s: the disappearance of a teenage girl from a notorious local children's home, not long after another young resident died in suspicious circumstances.   Jo is determined track down the victim's sister, convinced that re-opening the hushed-up wrongs of the past will uncover the truth of the girls' deaths. But will the trail lead her disturbingly close to home? ...

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Authors Emily Gunnis
Publisher Review Headline
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 12.10.2023
 
EAN 9781472272096
ISBN 978-1-4722-7209-6
No. of pages 400
Dimensions 130 mm x 196 mm x 30 mm
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature
Fiction > Suspense

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical mysteries, Historical crime and mysteries, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

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