WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL- FINALIST FOR THE CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER
"Mo Hayder takes you to the edge, then pushes you over in a heart-pounding rush of a story that will leave you battered and bruised, and wanting more."-Chevy Stevens, New York Times bestselling author of Still Missing
An excruciatingly suspenseful thriller that follows the investigation of a brilliant and twisted carjacker with a disturbing game to play
He watches. He waits. He takes what isn't his.
Detective Inspector Jack Caffery's newest case seems like a routine carjacking, a crime he's seen plenty of times before. But as the hours tick by and tormenting letters arrive from the carjacker, he realizes the sickening truth: the thief wasn't after the car, but the 11-year-old girl in the backseat. Who is still missing.
Meanwhile, police diver Sergeant Flea Marley is pursuing her own theory of the case, and what she finds in an abandoned, half-submerged tunnel in rural Gloucestershire could put her in grave danger. The carjacker is always a step ahead of the Major Crime Investigation Unit, and Caffery is certain that he is planning to take another car. And another child. As the clock ticks down, Jack and Flea race to fit the pieces together before it's too late.
Gone is Mo Hayder at her terrifying best. Each dark and captivating twist reveals a new dimension to this tight-knit plot, burrowing deeper into the chilling and clever world Hayder creates.
About the Author :
Mo Hayder's jobs included filmmaker, Tokyo nightclub hostess, and English language teacher in Asia. She was also the author of Birdman; The Treatment; The Devil of Nanking, winner of the Elle Magazine crime fiction prize; Pig Island, shortlisted for the Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel; Ritual, shortlisted both for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award and for the coveted Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award; Skin; and Gone; as well as the winner of the 2011 Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library award for outstanding body of work. She passed away in 2021 at the age of 59.
Review :
Praise for Mo Hayder:
"The very best thing a writer can do is to thoroughly and completely immerse the reader in a strange new world. Mo Hayder does it to perfection."-Michael Connelly
"Mo has a profound ability to shock and surprise her readers . . . She's the bravest writer I know."--Karin Slaughter, author of Broken
"I stand in awe of Mo Hayder's incomparable gifts as a storyteller."--Tess Gerritsen, author of the Rizzoli & Isles thrillers
"The elaborate shock effects that define Hayder's savage style ultimately serve their purpose in a novel that taps into the current fascination with all things supernatural and questions our assumptions about a number of subjects, from faith healing to cultish religious groups and society's definition of evil."--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
"Hayder shows herself to be a maestro of the sinister."--New York Daily News
Praise for Gone:
Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel
Finalist for the 2010 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
A Le Point magazine Best Book of the Year (France)
An Indie Next List Notable selection
"Artfully constructed . . . Chilling . . . Shocks are in store."--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
"Riveting . . . Hayder keeps the tension high . . . The meticulously crafted plot is heightened by Hayder's skillful evocation of mood as she summons the specter of a highly intelligent criminal who is taking great satisfaction from every parent's worst nightmare. A captivating thriller."--Booklist (starred review)
"Hayder writes some of the most carefully plotted, gripping and downright scary books in the mystery genre, and Gone continues that tradition in fine form."--Bruce Tierney, Bookpage
"Mo Hayder's gritty, intense thriller series featuring detectives Jack Caffery and Flea Marley is a must for anyone who likes breakneck timing and detectives who walk on the dark side."--Carol Schneck, The Daily News
"A brilliantly plotted mystery that keeps you guessing not only who the villain is, but what exactly he's after . . . First-rate mystery that takes full advantage of the wintry, moonlit West Country and the unusual skills of its lady diver."--Kirkus Reviews
"A carjacking goes from bad to horrifying in Hayder's gripping fifth thriller . . . Hayder expertly brings to life the claustrophobia of Flea's dives and the emotional burden of the case on Jack."--Publishers Weekly
"With her latest, Gone, Mo Hayder takes you to the edge, then pushes you over in a heart-pounding rush of a story that will leave you battered and bruised, and wanting more."--Chevy Stevens, New York Times bestselling author of Still Missing
"Gone . . . is one of those books that dares you to put it down once you've started reading and then challenges you to forget it once you have finished . . . The only way you can read Gone without having every nerve in your body jumping and screaming is if you are not paying attention . . . Strongly recommended."--Joe Hartlaub, Bookreporter
"Twisty, fast-moving and often creepy . . . While Hayder does a bang-up job larding her page-turning plot with blind alleys and unexpected curves, it is her in-depth character portrayals, especially of the mothers of the missing girls, that give the novel its depth and complexity."--Debra Ginsberg, Shelf Awareness
"The reader is kept rapt for more or less
