Losing You - Hardcover

French, Nicci

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312375387 ISBN 13: 9780312375386

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2008

Synopsis

Preparing to leave for a Florida vacation with her two children, Nina Landry anxiously awaits the return of her fifteen-year-old daughter, Charlie, who had spent the night at a friend's house, but Nina begins to worry when Charlie does not come home, and no one--the police, Charlie's friends, even Charlie's father--takes the disappearance seriously. 40,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Lose yourself in this smart nail-biter of a tale about a mother's desperate search for her missing teenage daughter."-"People "magazine"A seamless first-person account...This engrossing read captures the importance of the often overlooked and underappreciated minutiae of everyday life while commanding a deeply personal reaction in readers."-"Publishers Weekly "(starred review) "What gives "Losing You" its chief distinction...is its unusually emotive color and its flinty protagonist.... Nina is the parent we'd all like to be under duress, and I find I've become nearly as protective of her as she is of her daughter."-Salon.com "The pace and tension accelerate as the identity of Charlie's abductor remains deliciously uncertain. This is a quick, enjoyable read."-"Library Journal" "[French] renders psychological chillers that manage to generate great susp "Lose yourself in this smart nail-biter of a tale about a mother's desperate search for her missing teenage daughter."--"People "magazine"A seamless first-person account...This engrossing read captures the importance of the often overlooked and underappreciated minutiae of everyday life while commanding a deeply personal reaction in readers."--"Publishers Weekly "(starred review) "What gives "Losing You" its chief distinction...is its unusually emotive color and its flinty protagonist.... Nina is the parent we'd all like to be under duress, and I find I've become nearly as protective of her as she is of her daughter."--Salon.com "The pace and tension accelerate as the identity of Charlie's abductor remains deliciously uncertain. This is a quick, enjoyable read."--"Library Journal" "[French] renders psychological chillers that manage to generate great suspense... This latest offering is sure to keep readers furiously flipping pages through the night."--"Booklist""The novel's greatest strength is its cool-eyed portrait of an English village"--"The Washington Post" "Nicci French know[s] exactly how to maintain the tension...You live through every nail-biting minute."--"The Guardian" "The heart pounds from the first page...This is a book that keeps you reading into the small hours."--"The Observer" (UK) Praise for Nicci French "Nicci French . . . know[s] exactly how to maintain the tension . . . You live through every nail-biting minute."--"The Guardian" (UK) on "Losing You" "They have mastered suspense . . . The heart pounds from the first page . . . This is a book that keeps you reading into the small hours."--"The Observer" (UK) on "Losing You" "Nicci French has become synonymous with suspense."--"New York Daily News" on "Catch Me When I Fall" "Nicci French is a specialist in the kind of evil that burrows from within."--"The New York Times Book Review" on "Secret Smile" "Suspenseful from the start and ending with a brilliant twist."--"People," "Page-turner of the Week," on "The Red Room" "Genuine chills and page-turning suspense."--"Entertainment Weekly" on "Land of the Living"

About the Author:

Nicci French is the pseudonym for the internationally bestselling husband-and-wife writing team of journalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. They are the authors of eight previous novels, including Catch Me When I Fall, Secret Smile, and Killing Me Softly. They live in Suffolk, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0312375387
• ISBN 13: 9780312375386
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 292