The Next Girl

Hardback Published on: 09/05/2024
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Synopsis

'Magnetic. I couldn't put it down.' STEPHEN KING
'Immersive, gripping and wish a twist you won't see coming' ELLERY LLOYD
'The very definition of a page-turner' CLARE MACKINTOSH
'Truly compelling. Emiko Jean . . . will soon be a household name'DAILY MAIL

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I guess you're probably wondering about the next girl. Because there's always another girl, right? A girl waiting to be taken. To be swept away. I'll tell you about her.

It's been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun lost her sister, and she's been searching ever since: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. Happy endings are rare in Chelsey's line of work.

Until one day, local teenager Ellie Black is found in Washington State woods. Two years after her disappearance, she's an echo of herself, but alive.

But something's not right about this girl. Where has she been, and who is she protecting?

Chelsey has to find out. For herself, for her sister, and before the next girl is taken.

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'I stayed up late into the night turning the pages . . . a truly jaw-dropping twist.' JESSICA KNOLL
'An emotional gut-punch of a thriller' SAMANTHA DOWNING
'What a page-turner, with a truly shocking twist at the end. It’s an absolute winner for me.' SUSAN LEWIS
'Brooding and atmospheric' MARY KUBICA

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780241675588
  • Number of pages: 320
  • Dimensions: 240 x 164 x 28 mm
  • Weight: 526g
  • Languages: English

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The Next Girl
Gripping thriller
An absolutely gripping thriller, full of tension and fear. Teenager Ellie Black has been missing for two years when suddenly she reappears. Dirty, malnouri... READ MORE
Pauline Cooper
The Next Girl
Great author
I read an eARC of this book so thank you to the author, the publisher and NetGalley for this. I was a big fan of Emiko Jean’s Tokyo Ever After and Tokyo... READ MORE
Jennifer Charlton
The Next Girl
Almost Perfect
Twenty years ago, Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s sister went missing. Since then, Chelsey has done her best to solve the cases of other missing girls in the a... READ MORE
Ella - The Story Collector
The Next Girl
Great page turner
Two years ago, seventeen-year-old Elizabeth black disappeared at a party she was holding in a local motel. She was trying to make some money to buy a new m... READ MORE
Michelle De Alwis
The Next Girl
Thought provoking
What is your name? My name is Elizabeth Black. Two hikers discover a girl who says she is Ellie Black who has been missing for two years. Detective Che... READ MORE
Celia Short
The Next Girl
entertaining enough
The Next Girl kept me invested throughout the story, with lots of twists and turns. Didn't expect the last person to be that one. I didn't like the main ch... READ MORE
june.reads
The Next Girl
Brilliant book. Compulsive read
Brilliant. I could not put this book down until I had finished it. It open with a prologue of a girl running through the woods, she is dirty and frightene... READ MORE
Lynda’s Book Reviews
The Next Girl
Perfect for those who enjoy dark, suspenseful thrillers with a touch of social commentary
The Next Girl is a chillingly gripping thriller that intrigued me from the start. The characters are convincing and the story, although dramatic in some wa... READ MORE
Laura Nazmdeh
The Next Girl
A great start...ending average
Thanks to Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for this review. Read as 'The Return of Ellie Black'. I loved the start of this book and thought the pre... READ MORE
Charlotte Wilson
The Next Girl
A Good Thriller
The Next Girl is a clever psychological thriller /mystery. Ellie has been missing 2 years and suddenly turns up, a shadow of her former self but unwilling ... READ MORE
Chrissie Mortimer
The Next Girl
Just OK
I’ve got mixed feelings about this book and I honestly am not sure why. Maybe it’s because some of the characters tended to get on my nerves a bit, Chelse... READ MORE
Carole Kendal