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How to Disappear

How to Disappear

Summary

The gripping Sunday Times bestseller that will have you on the edge of your seat until the very last page

'Bravo! How to Disappear is undoubtedly her best yet. Gripping and emotional - a cracking read'
Clare Mackintosh

'A relentless drumroll of suspense . . . ranks among the best psychological-suspense thrillers of recent years'
A. J. Finn

You can run, you can hide, but can you disappear for good?


Lauren's daughter Zara witnessed a terrible crime. But speaking up comes with a price, and when Zara's identity is revealed online, it puts a target on her back.

The only choice is to disappear.

To keep Zara safe, Lauren will give up everything and everyone she loves, even her husband.

There will be no goodbyes. Their pasts will be rewritten. New names, new home, new lives.

The rules are strict for a reason. They are being hunted. One mistake - a text, an Instagram like - could bring their old lives crashing into the new.

They can never assume someone isn't watching, waiting.

As Lauren will learn, disappearing is easy. Staying hidden is harder . . .
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'Totally addictive, with twists that repeatedly pulled the rug from under my feet'
Erin Kelly

'Tense and unpredictable. I couldn't put it down'
Claire Douglas

'If Jodi Picoult wrote psychological thrillers, they would look like this. A compulsive read with a jaw-dropping twist, I read it in a day'
Rosamund Lupton

'An intricate and spellbinding exploration of the devastating ripples that spread from a terrible crime'
Holly Seddon

'I read How to Disappear with my heart in my mouth'
Lia Louis

'Chilling'
Mariella Frostrup, Times Radio

Reviews

  • Bravo! How to Disappear is undoubtedly her best yet. Gripping and emotional - a cracking read.
    Clare Mackintosh

About the author

Gillian McAllister

Gillian McAllister is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of nine stand-alone novels. Her books have been selected for the Radio 2 Book Club, Reese's Book Club and the Richard & Judy Book Club. Her previous novel, Wrong Place Wrong Time, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month and was shortlisted for The British Book Awards 2023 Crime & Thriller Book of the Year and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Gillian's books are published in thirty-eight languages.
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