The Next Girl

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I guess you're probably wondering about the next girl. Because there's always another girl, right? A girl waiting to be taken. To be swept away. I'll tell you about her.

It's been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun lost her sister, and she's been searching ever since: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. Happy endings are rare in Chelsey's line of work.

Until one day, local teenager Ellie Black is found in Washington State woods. Two years after her disappearance, she's an echo of herself, but alive.

But something's not right about this girl. Where has she been, and who is she protecting?

Chelsey has to find out. For herself, for her sister, and before the next girl is taken.

'Magnetic. I couldn't put it down.' STEPHEN KING
'Immersive, gripping and wish a twist you won't see coming' ELLERY LLOYD
'The very definition of a page-turner' CLARE MACKINTOSH

©2024 Emiko Jean (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

  • Magnetic. I couldn’t put it down.

    Stephen King
  • Immersive, gripping, and with a twist you won’t see coming

    Ellery Lloyd
  • Incredible. The definition of a page-turner.

    Clare Mackintosh
  • What a page-turner, and masterful in its structure with a truly shocking twist at the end. It’s an absolute winner for me.

    Susan Lewis
  • An emotional gut punch of a thriller, Emiko Jean had me enthralled with her pitch-perfect pacing, elegant prose, and twists I never saw coming.

    Samantha Downing
  • I stayed up late into the night turning the pages . . . a truly jaw-dropping twist.

    Jessica Knoll

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