Schoolgirl Missing: Discover the dark side of family life in the most gripping page-turner of 2019

Schoolgirl Missing: Discover the dark side of family life in the most gripping page-turner of 2019
Sue Fortin

‘A gripping portrayal of a family caught on the wrong side of the law’ JANE CORRYThe USA Today and #1 eBook bestseller of The Girl Who Lied and Sister SisterHAVE YOU SEEN THIS GIRL?When fourteen-year-old Poppy vanishes on a family boating trip, suspicion soon turns close to home – to the two people who should do everything to keep her safe, her parents, Kit and Neve.Neve has a secret. Kit is lying.Everyone is watching.Who do you believe?

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First published in Great Britain by HarperImpulse 2019

Copyright © Sue Fortin 2019

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9780008294489

Ebook Edition © January 2019 ISBN: 9780008294496

Version: 2018-11-01

Dedication (#u56023287-049c-5ee3-a97c-911d542d6da8)

To Mum

With all my love

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Contents

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Title Page (#ubb0bf8b0-219a-58bf-b300-95a024add11a)

Copyright

Dedication

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23