Jewell's well-developed characters and unexpected plot twists make this a gripping thriller that is soaked in drama. The chapters are short and end on a high note, keeping the readers hooked to know more. While the story begins slowly, it quickly picks up pace. The Night She Disappeared follows the interrelated stories of three women: Kim (whose daughter is missing), Tallulah (the missing daughter), and Sophie (a. Each page gives a glimpse to the readers about a clue to solve the mystery in the present day and to what actually happened in the past, which is told through Tallulah's point of view. The story shifts from the present day and the past. 'The Night She Disappeared' is narrated from three different characters' points of view- Kim's, Sophie's, and Tallulah's. Together, Kim and Sophie try to join the missing pieces of Tallulah's disappearance.

Upon noticing a mysterious note reading 'Dig here' near her house, Sophie finds something which could be an important clue in finding what happened to Tallulah and Zach on that fateful night.

A year later, mystery writer Sophie Beck and her boyfriend Shaun Gray move into a house near the property where Tallulah had disappeared. However, Kim isn't convinced and she continues her quest to find out what happened that night. The police investigate the matter but soon call it a cold case of the young couple eloping, shrugging their responsibilities. On calling Tallulah's friends, Kim gets to know that Tallulah and Zach were last seen at a pool party at a property near the woods in Surrey, England. But when Tallulah doesn't return home by the next morning, Kim knows that her daughter is in trouble. Tallulah, 19, decides to go on a date with her boyfriend Zach, leaving her baby son Noah with her mother Kim. Mainly due to her amazingly sweet and attractive boyfriend Nico and to the school s football team, the only distraction she has to forget about her OCD. Did she run away from home or is there more to her disappearance? The year is 2017.

The story follows the sudden disappearance of 19-year-old teen-mother Tallulah. New York Times–bestselling author Lisa Jewell is back with a new thriller ' The Night She Disappeared' in 2021.

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