In the award-winning Elizabeth is Missing debut novelist Emma Healey explored grandmother Maud's attempt to solve a 70-year-old mystery as she succumbed to dementia. Now, in her dazzling follow-up Whistle in the Dark, we meet Jen, mother to 15-year-old Lana - who has just been found after going missing for four desperate days. Lana can't talk about the missing days. As her daughter's life falls apart, Jen turns detective to discover what happened . . . How do you rescue someone who has already been found? Jen's fifteen-year-old daughter goes missing for four agonizing days. When Lana is found, unharmed, in the middle of the desolate countryside, everyone thinks the worst is over. But Lana refuses to tell anyone what happened, and the police think the case is closed. The once-happy, loving family returns to London, where things start to fall apart. Lana begins acting strangely: refusing to go to school, and sleeping with the light on. With her daughter increasingly becoming a stranger, Jen is sure the answer lies in those four missing days. But will Lana ever reveal what happened?
'A psychological thriller that meshes the homely with the Gothic' Literary Review 'Oozing with tension and written with captivating brilliance' Heat
'As gripping as its predecessor' Elle
'Gripping, deeply affecting' Irish Times

Bought online to be sent directly by Awesomebooks to teachie, who won the prize I offered for the Virtual Unconvention 2021. I haven't read this one myself, but I loved Elizabeth is Missing. I think this should be good too and it is on teachie's wishlist. So congratulations and happy reading!

Thank you so much for this wish list book. I really enjoyed Elizabeth is Missing, so I have high expectations of the book.

Lana, a troubled teenager and her mother Jen go on a painting holiday. On the course they meet some quite odd people. Lana goes missing and turns up in a farmers field four days later. She won't say what happened, just that she can't remember.
So what did happen during the four days she was missing?
The book looks at the affect of Lana's return on the rest of the family, mainly Jen her mother.
I don't think this was as good as Elizabeth is missing, but it was an enjoyable read with a satisfactory ending.

Passing this to the village book exchange.