Publication Date: October 3, 2024
‘He wouldn’t just vanish!’ Kate cries, her head in her hands. ‘Something is wrong, I can feel it. And I have to find him before it’s too late…’
When Kate meets Theo on the worst day of her life, the last thing she expects is to fall in love.
Sitting on a broken-down train, desperate to reach her brother before his last breath, Kate can barely hold it together as the minutes tick by. But then Theo, a man with a kind smile, offers to help. And as he gets Kate to the hospital on the darkest day of her life, she feels something brighten in her chest.
As Kate mends her broken heart, Theo doesn’t leave her side. Each day, he brings small joys to her life – from spontaneous dates in the hospital canteen, to a romantic weekend under the stars. And as she looks into his warm brown eyes, feeling more at peace than she has for years, she knows she has found happiness at last…
But then Theo vanishes. Kate’s calls go unanswered, and his house stays dark and empty. No matter what her friends say, she knows something isn’t right. Theo wouldn’t leave without saying goodbye.
Determined to find him, Kate begins to search for the man she loves. But when she finds out the truth behind why he disappeared, her heart breaks once more. Because Theo made a promise to protect Kate, which is why he had to leave her… But can Kate face the truth and find Theo before it’s too late?
An absolutely heartbreaking, emotional novel that will keep you reading late into the night. Perfect for fans of unputdownable and page-turning family dramas, and for readers of Jodi Picoult, Liane Moriarty and Diane Chamberlain.
When Kate meets Theo in the throes of a family tragedy, the sparks of attraction fly. He serves as a fantastic distraction during her grief, and they grow closer.
It sounds like a quick open-and-shut love story. However, author Catherine Miller takes things in a different direction with The Day He Disappeared—and tissues will be required.
Theo’s sudden disappearance from Kate’s life centers around the concept of love and loss. Is it better to have loved and lost or never to have loved at all?
The story itself is a fast read, even though the theme will stay on your mind well after the closing scene. It’s about choices rather than self-sacrifice.
The Day He Disappeared offers a heartbreaking story celebrating love and its complexity.
Catherine Miller writes contemporary women’s fiction with grit. She is this year’s Southampton City Libraries Writer In Residence and the Katie Fforde bursary winner. She was a finalist at the London Book Fair Write Stuff event pitching her novel, ‘Baby Number Two‘, to a panel of judges, and shortly afterwards, was signed by Carina UK. When she’s not writing, she’s in charge of twin toddlers, or as they’ve just turned two, they are probably in charge of her.
