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Just Another Missing Person

by Gillian McAllister Publisher: WILLIAM MORROW

Critically Recognized

A missing-person case with a personal cost

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Praise from Emily Henry

    Emily Henry praises the book as twisty, complex, and featuring characters readers root for.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A missing-person case with a personal cost

Olivia has been missing for a day when detective Julia takes charge of the search. The investigation becomes entangled with a secret from Julia’s own life, and the person behind the disappearance uses that knowledge to pressure her to conceal what happened and frame someone else. The setup places a police procedural inside a family crisis, making Julia’s choices central to the case. Family and motherhood sit alongside questions of responsibility, loyalty, and how far someone might go to protect those closest to them. The description frames the suspense around an ethical dilemma: finding Olivia could put Julia’s family at risk.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in police procedurals centered on a detective’s personal stakes.
  • Readers who enjoy psychological suspense built around secrets and moral dilemmas.
  • Readers interested in fiction exploring family, motherhood, and loyalty.

Themes

Missing-person investigationsSecrets and coercionFamily and motherhoodMoral responsibility

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Book overview

"Twisty and complex, with unexpected turns...and characters you really root for."--Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author

From the author of the Reese's Book Club Pick and the New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes a new heart-stopping psychological thriller in which a missing-person case unravels deeper, darker secrets that lead a detective to an impossible moral choice.

Not everyone who is lost should be found...

Twenty-two-year-old Olivia has been missing for one day...and counting. She was last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley. And not coming back out again.

Julia, the detective heading up the search for Olivia, thinks she knows what to expect. A desperate family, a ticking clock, and long hours away from her husband and daughter. But in this twisty police procedural, she has no idea just how close to home this case is going to get.

Because the criminal at the heart of the disappearance has something she never expected. His weapon isn't a gun, or a knife: it's a secret. Her worst one. And her family's safety depends on one thing: Julia must NOT find out what happened to Olivia - and must frame somebody else for her murder.

If you find her, you will lose everything. What would you do?

This clever and endlessly surprising suspense novel is laced with a clever look at family and motherhood, and cements Gillian McAllister as a major talent in the world of suspense and a master of creating ethical dilemmas that show just how murky the distinction between right and wrong can be.

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