Full of sketchy characters, scandal, secrets and lies - the perfect make up of a great thriller. And it was that- until it wasn’t anymore. 😂

Maybe a case of the grumpy burned out thriller reader - but that ending was underwhelming for me. I enjoyed the ride to get there but it left me with too many “huh? That’s it?” feelings.

Definitely check this out if you are a fan of the author. While it’s not my favourite of hers, it was still a decent read.

The audio narration was fantastic - made me want to listen nonstop.

I’m going to go with 3.5⭐️ for this one - an enjoyable enough read, but not one you’ll see me screaming from the rooftops about…..in fact - I can’t even remember parts of the plot.

Lisa Jewell never disappoints in the psychological suspense department. Gripping and hard to put down.

I would rate this 3 1/2 stars. It's a solid thriller, with some unusual twists and turns. I was definitely surprised by it, but some of the characters were highly unlikable and unrelatable or it would have been 4 stars.

The Night She Disappeared had me hooked at the very beginning. I even told a friend how good it was. The story was seamlessly told in 3 different timelines (essentially before, during, after). It was so well written, that I had a hard time putting it down. The actual storyline started to fall short for me though. It as a believable story until it was necessary to have a very wealthy family necessary to complete the mystery. I can see this being a movie or a mini-series. Actually, I kind of hope it does become one...

Lisa Jewell does it again. I will always put her books to the top of my list. Do yourself a favor and start reading what she has written, if you haven't already. You won't be disappointed.

A twisty, tension filled mystery involving a missing teenage couple, an abandoned old mansion and lots of secrets, lies and duplicity. ⁣
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Told in multiple timelines, we unravel the story of a missing teen couple (Tallulah and Zach) who disappeared after a night out without a trace. Tallulah’s mother, Kim, is desperate to find out the truth surrounding her daughter’s disappearance. She knows she wouldn’t willingly leave her young son behind. As the case grows cold, Kim finds an unlikely ally in Sophie, a crime novelist who is new to the area and unearths a clue about the disappearance near her home. Together, Kim and Sophie begin to delve into the past, determined to find out what really happened. ⁣
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The story is wrought with tension which kept me turning the pages. We learn about Tallulah’s life leading up to her disappearance and find it’s filled with secrets that seem to get larger as they begin to unravel. This one tugged at my heartstrings as a mom - both from Kim’s standpoint and Tallulah’s. The book is a mystery but it also deals with some very real, complex issues surrounding motherhood, unhealthy/toxic relationships/friendships and of course has a healthy dose of murder and mentally instability too.

I loved this one! Lisa Jewell is usually a hit or miss with me but this one was so good. There were so many plot twists and so many turns. The characters were like able and brought a lot of interesting dynamics to the story. The plot was told in a very good pace and overall i was on the edge of my seat while reading.

Well this may be my new favourite Lisa Jewell book. I didn’t even think Then She Was Gone could be topped but The Night She Disappeared came in hot!!!!! Wow!!! I was hooked from the first page. I read this in one day. I had to finish it. I didn’t expect the twists and it just kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. It did give me Then She Was Gone vibes with the mother and daughter in this book but that just made me love it even more. You will not regret reading this book.

Loved this book! It was hard to put it down! Lisa Jewell is quickly becoming a must read author for me!

You know what this book did really, really well? Put you into the mind of a cusp-of-adulthood mother who is really trying to figure out what being loved is even supposed to look like? What is healthy? What is safe? What is real? Tallulah is both a soft and strong heroine, just not a very loud one, so not a lot of people know her when she goes missing.

The other perspective we get is that of a mystery novelist, Sophie, who moves into the town she disappeared from a while after Lula vanishes. This is what really sucked me in. I loved reading about how Lula was trying to get by with the help of her lovely mum, but watching Sophie figure out her own life through solving this mystery was the BEST!

This was a great, fast thriller that takes place in an idyllic British countryside where everyone has secrets (of course) and things are much more connected than they seem..

Also, I have to love the bi representation. Really well done.

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HELLO NEW FAVORITE JEWELL!

I've always loved Lisa Jewell, but her latest has to be new favorite by far.

I was able to listen to the audio as well as read a physical (my favorite method!) and Joanne Froggatt (yes from Downton Abbey!) was amazing as the narrator. One thing that irks me in audios is a single narrator not differentiating the characters, with her narration you were able to not only tell who was speaking, but make an emotional connection.

Now the book. This one is a longer work for Jewell and I can see how it could be considered a slow burn. It really is- the majority is character development, but it's all necessary. The end wouldn't be nearly as satisfying without it.

Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I don't recall any shocking twists or precipitous cliff hangers, but I do remember turning pages and having to know more.

<<POSSIBLE SPOILER SO STOP READING HERE IF YOU HATE THAT, BUT I HAVE TO MENTION THIS>>

Epilogues are definitely hit or miss- THIS ONE WAS A HIT. I am a very audible reader so when I read the part I actually said 'HAH!'

Mashups- THEN SHE WAS GONE, THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS and GO AWAY by Weezer.

This book was crazy!! I did feel though it was a bit long and I felt that some of it could have been left out to be a bit shorter but overall the book was really good.. The short chapters were great! I liked the whole back and forth between the timelines and getting both perspectives and how it all came together at the end with the timing. All the characters were super interesting and I was definitely curious throughout the whole book on who did what and I was shocked as well by a few things in this one.

I love Lisa's books and she did a great job with this one. It had me at the edge of my seat to find out what was going to happen so definitely an great thriller! Perfect for this time of year!

The Night She Disappeared opens in 2017, when teen mother Tallulah disappears.

A year later, mystery writer Sophie Beck is gradually pulled into the puzzle of what happened - and does eventually bring the shocking truth to light.

It's a shocker of a conclusion, brought about by love turned to obsession.

A frantic young grandmother, a recently relocated author, and the flashbacks of a missing teenage mother are woven together in Lisa Jewell's latest suspense, The Night She Disappeared. "She" is Tallulah, mother to Noah, wishing-to-be-estranged girlfriend of Zach, and current secret affair of Scarlett Jacques, the young woman from whose house party Tallulah and Zach go missing. The house provides a nicely creepy backdrop, especially for Sophie, the partner of the new headmaster at the nearby college. As a mystery writer, Sophie is immediately drawn to this local and relevant missing persons case--especially when clues keep presenting themselves in ways that are copied from Sophie's books.

I was genuinely surprised at about every turn in the book, and found myself really rooting for Tallulah's mom, even though Sophie herself could be a bit grating. The plot wove together beautifully. Though this is not an action-packed thriller, it will definitely keep readers on the edges of their seats.

3.5 stars as this took awhile to get me hooked, a lot of characters to keep track of, and some seemed not necessary (Sophie’s boyfriend). While the mystery building and building kept me turning the pages, the ending was rather abrupt.

An all-investing psychological and domestic thriller that keeps a reader on the edge until the very end.

It is summer 2018 and Sophie, a writer and her boyfriend a college head teacher move into a campus home and get set for a wonderful semester ahead. Sophie is trying out living with her boyfriend, Sean for the first time in the countryside. She eventually wants to get back to writing her cozy mystery books while Sean leads the college and faculty. The couple is settling in as best as they can until one day as Sophie is taking a stroll in the fields of their campus-home which is adjacent to the school and other type of residencies all relating to the small town, when Sophie stumbles on a sign with the words “Dig Here” written. An arrow pointing to some soil and grass, at first Sophie assumes it has to do with past college activities left behind until her curiosity gets the best of her. She digs where the sign points to and finds a what looks like an engagement ring… From there on, Sophie embarks a journey of uncovering some hidden truths and deadly secrets that all tie to a certain night that two young teen parents disappeared.


The Night She Disappeared gives a reader multiple POV’s which are:

Sophie: The writer moving in to on-campus living with her boyfriend. Sophie following clue after clues as each new finding leads to another puzzle piece of the disappearance.

Kim: The mother of one of the missing teen parents, Tallulah who is 18 at the time and a mother of an adorable little boy. Kim is babysitting one night while Tallulah and her baby’s father and live-on boyfriend (all who live in Kim’s house) Zach have a date night and never end up coming home. Kim never gives up hope in finding the devoted parents to her grandson.

Tallulah: we get past POV’s as she is in college, studying and finding herself while she juggles motherhood and her commitment to Zach.

As well as some supporting cast that are vital to the plot and secrets needing to be uncovered.


The Night She Disappeared is such an engaging read, with each breadcrumb of a chapter slowly giving a piece of a puzzle. Lisa Jewell very meticulously painted a complex cast of characters that all have a weight to the plot, no one should be ignored and no white rabbit should be left alone. I love when thrillers do that, make each and every detail a small part of a bigger and darker story. The Night She disappeared is easily a stand out thriller for this month!

“Dig here.”

Last year when I was getting back into reading I read 2 of @lisajewelluk’s books - Then She Was Gone and Watching You, and I really enjoyed both. I for some reason was worried that after reading so many books this year I wouldn’t like this one as much, like maybe I remembered her writing better than it was. Why did I think this? I have no idea, I was wrong 🤣

19 year old Talulah goes out on a date and leaves her son with her mother, Kim. Talulah and Zach never return and Kim is certain something bad happened. They would never just leave their son behind, would they? Told through 3 POVs and timelines, at first I was a little confused with who was who since there was a lot going on and a lot of side characters, but I got hooked pretty quickly. This is definitely a slow burn mystery but I was never bored. I really enjoyed the character of Sophie as the crime novelist turned real life investigator was a fun idea. I didn’t guess the ending *exactly* and there were lots of twists to keep you entertained even if you did figure out a couple.

I’ve rated it 4⭐️s - I really liked it!! I definitely look forward to working my way through Jewell’s backlist!

Thank you to @netgalley and @atriabooks for the eARC!

Is it just me or are there are a lot of Lisas writing mysteries and thrillers? I had heard good buzz about this novel and the author’s name seemed familiar with positive associations. Once I got stuck into it and was really enjoying the somewhat complicated timelines, the intriguing mystery, and, particularly, the slightly offbeat characters and setting, I decided to check out the author. She turned out to be a different Lisa to the one I thought I was reading. I had actually read a previous book by this Lisa and rated it meh so I’m glad I was confused and got to enjoy this excellent read.

Last summer, in the Surrey village of Upfield Common, 19 year-old Tallulah Morley and her boyfriend, Zach, had gone out for an evening leaving their infant son with Tallulah’s mum, Kim, but they never came back. Kim is convinced something has happened to her daughter and talks to anybody she can find who might know what happened. But the rest of the world seems slyly convinced that the couple just ran off for a break and Kim can’t find anything that suggests otherwise.

But now a new head of school starts at the fancy private school in Upfield Common and his new partner is a famous (in Scandinavia) writer of mysteries. Sophie, bored and out of her element away from London, is finding it hard to settle down, so when she finds a sign saying “Dig Here” on the gatepost from her house into the woods, she does just that and we’re off!

The novel has three timelines. The first is told from Tallulah’s perspective and leads up to the night of her disappearance. The second, focusing on Kim, starts with the disappearance and goes through the following days as Kim talks to everyone she can think of. The ‘now’ thread is told from Sophie’s viewpoint as she starts digging (literally and metaphorically) into what really happened.

All three lead characters are robust, sympathetic, and nuanced. They do questionable things, make poor decisions, and don’t always see what’s right in front of them. But the author does a fine job of making you like these women and want what’s best for them.

The setting, a village in the South of England is not unusual for a mystery but the school for rich dropouts and, most intriguingly, the house called Dark Place where Tallulah was last seen, are oddities and rich in atmosphere.

So, even though this wasn’t by the Lisa I thought it was, I thoroughly recommend this novel by a different Lisa to those who like quirky British mysteries.

Thanks to Atria and Netgalley for the review copy.

Oh yes, another jewel from Jewell! Please forgive the pun. This is my third missing girl story I have read from her, and I’m happy to announce that…I really enjoyed it!

When you see a sign that says, ‘DIG HERE’, what would you do? I, for one, WILL NOT! LOL As much as I enjoy a good thriller read these days, I don’t have the penchant for being involved in one in real life. My weak heart will not be able to handle it. But Sophie, being an author of detective stories couldn’t help it. Thus, began her ‘adventure’ to solving a two-year-old mystery.

The story was told between multiple timelines, starting from 2017 leading up to 2019. In 2017, we get to know Tallulah as a mother of a newborn, trying to juggle between her studies and her role of being a new mother, and at the same time feeling overwhelmed by her controlling boyfriend who wanted her attention all the time. In 2019 we meet Sophie, an author of cozy detective stories, who, after moving into this small town, had coincidentally gotten herself involved in an ongoing missing persons case. And what did she decide to do? Try to solve it of course!

In between that, we meet other characters like Zach, Tallulah’s controlling boyfriend, Scarlett, a popular girl in school whom Tallulah somehow befriended and for some reason fell under her spell just like anyone else who knew her, and of course, dear Kim, Tallulah’s mother, also a grandmother to Noah, Tallulah’s son. While trying to care for Noah, she was also trying to get the investigation of her missing daughter to keep going, worrying every day, waiting and hoping for new findings. When things seemed hopeless, Sophie appeared, and got the wheels turning again.

What can I say, Jewell did it again! Being a reader who don’t mind a slow-burn mystery with strong character development, I really enjoyed this. Her characters were vivid and realistic, making it easy for me to empathize with them. Yes, there were multiple characters, yes there were two timeless, and yes, it might get the readers confused. But not with this! I think this is what sets Jewell apart from many other authors. She managed to flesh out her characters so well and distinctively, it was easy for me to tell them apart, even for characters who were of the same age.

What was enjoyable for me also, was trying to figure out the characters, who might be fibbing, who might be telling the truth, and/or if anyone were conspiring, and even after my suspicion was proven right, there were other things that were still not making sense, which kept me turning the pages to try to connect the dots!

I’ve read two of her other books about missing girls: ‘Invisible Girl’ and ‘Then She Was Gone’. If I were to compare all three books, I’d say I enjoyed ‘The Night She Disappeared’ just as much as ‘Then She Was Gone’. The character that would stay with me in her latest book is Tallulah. Being a mother of a daughter, I am constantly worrying about her going through the teenage phase, of figuring out who she is, trying to find herself in the world, and if she’ll be strong enough to face peer pressure. We still have a long way to go, but still, as a mother, I worry all the time! Every time I put down the book, I worried for Tallulah.

All in all, a must-read for Jewell fans and those who haven’t read her books. What are you waiting for? Read this and jump on the Jewell bandwagon!

Thank you NetGalley and the Atria Books for a free eARC of this book in exchange of an honest review.

The Night She Disappeared has a missing people case, slow burn mystery, motherhood, and secrets. Overall, I enjoyed this one! I was hooked to the story since page one and finished it in a matter of days. The story is told in three timelines: 1) 2016: Tallullah’s life before she went missing, 2) 2017-2018: The night Tallullah and Zach (her boyfriend/baby daddy) go missing and what Kim (Tallullah’s mom) does trying to find them, 3)2019: Sophie and her boyfriend, Shaun, move to Maypole house. Sophie finds something connected to the case of Tallullah and Zach. My favorite character in the story was Kim. I loved that we got to see glimpses of her perspective past and present and loved the complexity of her character. There were a couple of twists I didn’t see coming which made this a fun read. Highly recommend picking this up if you are a Lisa Jewell fan!

As always, Lisa Jewell did it again with a fantastic 5 star thriller! This book really draws you in from the beginning. It is written in a dual timeline format so as Sophie investigates, we find out what happened leading up to the disappearance as well. Fantastic story, well written. I have no complaints. Also, the ending was wild. I kind of expected part of it, but it was definitely weirder than I anticipated.

Would I recommend it?

Hell yeah! Great for spooky season