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Missing Rose

Linda Newbery author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd

Published:11th Feb '16

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A powerful story of family intrigue, and the way a secret from the past can poison the future.

It was the day when everything stopped…

At quarter past two on a hot summer afternoon, Anna’s beautiful, headstrong older sister Rose disappears.

It was the day when everything stopped…

At quarter past two on a hot summer afternoon, Anna’s beautiful, headstrong older sister Rose disappears. And Anna was the last person to see her.

Their parents, Rose’s friends, the police – no-one can find where Rose has gone or who might have taken her.
Twenty years later, Rose is still missing. Anna is the only one who still believes she might be alive, and unable to take control of her own life while her sister’s disappearance remains unsolved, she begins to hunt for the truth herself. But the search for Rose will uncover secrets she is not prepared for…

The compelling novel from the Costa Award-winning author.

Originally published in hardback as Quarter Past Two on a Wednesday Afternoon

Scary, intriguing, I love it very much. -- Simon Mayo, Radio 2 Book Club

ISBN: 9780552773829

Dimensions: 198mm x 127mm x 24mm

Weight: 273g

400 pages