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Village of the Lost Girls
- Author
- Agustin Martinez
- Narrator
- Matt Addis
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 20 March 2019
- Run Time
- 15 hours 35 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Five years after their disappearance, the village of Monteperdido still mourns the loss of Ana and Lucia, two eleven-year-old friends who left school one afternoon and were never seen again. Now, Ana reappears unexpectedly inside a crashed car, wounded but alive.
The case reopens and a race against time begins to discover who was behind the girls' kidnapping. Most importantly, where is Lucia and is she still alive?
Inspector Sara Campos and her boss Santiago Bain, from Madrid's head office, are forced to work with the local police. Five years ago fatal mistakes were made in the investigation conducted after the girls first vanished, and this mustn't happen again. But Monteperdido has rules of its own.
'Gripping and atmospheric' - Sunday Times
(P)2019 Quercus Editions Limited
Critics Review
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Addictive, atmospheric and haunting, one of the best books you'll read this year
Jo Spain, internationally bestselling author of The Confession
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Gripping and atmospheric
Sunday Times
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Creepy and atmospheric
Woman & Home
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A heart-thumping thriller
Irish Mail
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A tense page-turning novel... Gripping and scary this is a slice of Euro-noir that will please fans of The Killing
New Books Magazine
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With its gripping premise and exotic wilderness setting, this is an intriguing and immersive mystery from one of Spain's leading screenwriters
Irish Independent
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Details
- Author
- Agustin Martinez
- Narrator
- Matt Addis
- Duration
- 15 hours 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 March 2019
- ISBN
- 9781529402735
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery: police procedural
Synopsis
A breath-taking missing persons thriller set under the menacing peaks of the Pyrenees Five years after their disappearance, the village of Monteperdido still mourns the loss of Ana and Lucia, two eleven-year-old friends who left school one afternoon and were never seen again. Now, Ana reappears unexpectedly inside a crashed car, wounded but alive. The case reopens and a race against time begins to discover who was behind the girls' kidnapping. Most importantly, where is Lucia and is she still alive?Inspector Sara Campos and her boss Santiago Bain, from Madrid's head office, are forced to work with the local police. Five years ago fatal mistakes were made in the investigation conducted after the girls first vanished, and this mustn't happen again. But Monteperdido has rules of its own.'Gripping and atmospheric' - Sunday Times (P)2019 Quercus Editions Limited
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