Publication Date: August 1, 2023
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From the author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick and the New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes a new heart-stopping thriller in which a missing-person case unravels deeper, darker secrets that lead a detective to an impossible moral choice.
Not everyone who is lost should be found…
22-year-old Olivia has been missing for one day…and counting. She was last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley. And not coming back out again.
Julia, the detective heading up the search for Olivia, thinks she knows what to expect. A desperate family, a ticking clock, and long hours away from her husband and daughter. But she has no idea just how close to home this case is going to get.
Because the criminal at the heart of the disappearance has something she never expected. His weapon isn’t a gun, or a knife: it’s a secret. Her worst one. And her family’s safety depends on one thing: Julia must NOT find out what happened to Olivia – and must frame somebody else for her murder.
If you find her, you will lose everything. What would you do?
This clever and endlessly surprising thriller is laced with a clever look at family and motherhood, and cements Gillian McAllister as a major talent in the world of suspense and a master of creating ethical dilemmas that show just how murky the distinction between right and wrong can be.
Julia Day spends her working hours tracking down criminals as a police detective. When she’s assigned to investigate a girl’s disappearance, she knows time is the enemy.
However, author Gillian McAllister adds an unusual spin to this particular missing person’s case. In Just Another Missing Person, Julia is told by a masked man to frame a specific person for the young woman’s disappearance. When she resists, the man uses leverage of a mistake made by Gillian and her daughter.
What unfolds is a multi-faceted mystery involving a woman who isn’t really missing and a profitable passport scam operation. Julia’s investigation puts her on a collision course that could ultimately lead her to compromise her role in law enforcement.
While Julia may be a flawed character, it’s interesting to see what she does when her fierce motherly instincts conflict with her duty. Her subsequent angst serves to underscore how deeply conflicted she is.
Just Another Missing Person delivers a complex storyline encompassing a missing person, an identity scam, and a detective stuck in the middle.
GILLIAN MCALLISTER is the New York Times bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club Pick Wrong Place Wrong Tim, Everything but the Truth, The Choice, The Good Sister, The Evidence Against You, How to Disappear, and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast.
