The Woman Who Lied: The thrilling Sunday Times bestseller from the author of THE COUPLE AT NO 9

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The only one who survived was Olivia. The strange thing, though, is that the other three friends were not in the car, all their belongings were gone, and they have never been heard from for twenty years. I did not want this book to end. I read it in bed. On the sofa. In the bus. You get the picture. Did not put it down till it was done. Then felt disappointed with myself as I had gobbled it up and not spread the treat out. Best book by the author' 5* READER REVIEW A journalist’s life is threatened when she investigates the truth about a mysterious car crash that happened twenty years earlier in this gripping thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Couple at Number 9 and Just Like the Other Girls. The beginning was imminent and promising! Four girls in the car from a night out driving through Devil’s Corridor, heading to Stafferbury under turbulent weather conditions in 1998. Olivia Rutherford is the driver of quartet. As their high tensioned drive continues, a man who watches I Know what you did last summer a few times appears in the middle of the road ( okay, I’m kidding, but movie also released nearly same year, could it be coincidence?)

Emilia Ward is happily married to her second husband, Elliot, and is mother to Jasmine and Wilfie. She’s not just a wife and mum though, as she is also the bestselling author of the Miranda Moody detective stories, the 10th of which she has just written. However, after a few unsettling and weird incidents, Emilia realises these occurrences are mirroring events in her book, real life imitating art. Emilia is clearly concerned and is hyper alert, but things totally plummet when a friend dies in exactly the same way as in her new book. What is going on? How is it even possible that someone knows the contents as it’s not yet been published? Are Emilia and her family going to be the next targets? Claire Douglas is the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of novels including, The Sisters, Local Girl Missing, Last Seen Alive, Do Not Disturb, Then She Vanishes and Just Like The Other Girls. I absolutely loved the novel within a novel vibe. I was never sure if I was reading parts of the real book or parts from the Detective Miranda Moody novel.

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When push comes to shove, I honestly think this was my favorite (at least so far) by the author. Between the much loved podcaster angle, the eerie setting, and the intriguing premise, I found myself happily wrapped up multiple times within the riveting story. Point blank, if I hadn’t already been, I would now thoroughly be in love with this author. So, if you couldn’t already guess, I strongly recommend this book. So I just know you’re going to run out and grab it ASAP. Right? Rating of 4.5 stars. Once a reticent Olivia breaks through the barrier of non-cooperation she has erected between herself and Jenna and begins to open up to her, unseen forces decree that both women are deemed to be a threat to certain freedoms and nefarious activities, and therefore need to be stopped at any price, even down to Olivia being drugged and left in a field of ancient standing stones, as a reminder to her not to befriend Jenna or participate in the podcast. As Jenna nears the end of her visit and is preparing to return home to prepare the material she has amassed into her finished broadcast, there are more people than she could ever have imagined, who cannot allow that to happen, and they are desperate enough to add murder to their growing list of offences, to ensure that the podcast is never aired. Twenty years later it’s the anniversary of the accident and the disappearance of the three girls when podcaster Jenna arrives from the BBC to the village to investigate and found out what happened to the girls. But she is not welcomed with open arms and the villagers don’t really want her there. Weird things start to happen, and she get threatened and told her to go home. Why won’t they want her to find out the truth about that day?

In 1998 Olivia Rutherford is driving her three friends home from a night out, the weather is bad and she grows more tense as she drives down Devils Corridor leading to Stafferbury in Wiltshire. Suddenly a man appears in the middle of the road, she’s swerves but unfortunately crashes. When she regains consciousness she realises her friends have disappeared. Where are they and who is the mysterious man? A tightly plotted, dazzling thriller, filled with Claire Douglas's trademark suspense. An up-all-night read' LUCY CLARKE

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In a rural Wiltshire town lies the Devil's Corridor. A road that has witnessed eerie happenings, from unexplained deaths to the sound of a child crying at night. But nothing more puzzling than the Olivia Rutherford case. Four girls drove home but after their car crashed, only Olivia was found. Twenty years later, journalist Jenna Halliday is covering the case. But the locals aren't happy with this stranger's arrival. Least of all Olivia. This atmospheric thriller about the mysterious disappearance of three girls in a 20-year-old car crash instantly lured me into the storyline. The infamous Devil’s Corridor is well known for being host to strange, almost supernatural occurrences. From a crying baby with no known source to sightings of a mysterious hooded figure roaming the area, even the nearby town of Stafferbury is thought to have a near mystical quality. When she starts writing her tenth Detective Miranda Moody novel, however, life takes a frightening turn: an incident straight out of one of her novels occurs in real life. As Rose’s fragmented memories resurface, and the police dig ever deeper, Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched . . .

Love this self-aware statement in a book that I still expected to be tied up neatly with a bow -- and it was. . . It’s 20 years on and as the anniversary of the girls who disappeared approaches, Jenna, a BBC podcaster, travels to the area to investigate. The story is told in dual narratives by Olivia and Jenna and its interspersed with a Thailand timeline.Twenty years ago three girls disappeared without trace following a car crash while the other girl in the group, Olivia survived. Now journalist Jenna Halliday is making a podcast to make people aware of this twenty year old mystery. The problem Jenna faces is that there are plenty of locals who would rather she wasn’t there, Olivia in particular. Its not long before Jenna starts to receive threatening notes from someone who wants her to leave the town. I am a fan of mystery author, Claire Douglas, and her previous novels, “ Then She Vanishes” and “ The Couple at Number 9” were four star reads for me. The premise of her newest novel, “The Girls Who Disappeared” was unique and caught my attention right away, and sure enough, Douglas did not disappoint. Kathryn, her cold and bitter daughter, resents Una’s presence. More disturbing is the evidence suggesting two girls lived here before.