Book description
THE SINISTER & CHILLING THR SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY THRILLER NO ONE HOME
I buried you.
I mourned you.
But now you're back . . .
A woman walks into a police station.
She has no phone and no ID, just a piece of…
Why read it?
1 author picked You Were Gone as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book was an incredible ride all the way through. We have two narrators, one who is clearly dubious and the other is a detective telling the story of how his wife died of a serious illness. The same wife mysteriously turns up at his station asking for him several years after her death.
That premise alone pulled me in, but Weaver has a particular writing style that just flows, and it’s beautiful writing, darkly rich, questioning everything, and a creepy serial killer in the mix. Just the sort of book I love to read!
From Samantha's list on The best thrillers to explore psychopathic behavior.
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