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  • Published: 30 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9780099586555
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $44.99

The Moment She Left

The captivating, emotional family drama from the Sunday Times bestselling author




The compelling novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, No Child of Mine and Don't Let Me Go.

The compelling novel from the bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, No Child of Mine and Don't Let Me Go.

Kesterly-on-Sea is full of secrets.
Some are darker than others; many are shameful. One is even deadly.

Andee is an ex-detective whose marriage is breaking up. So when a young female student disappears without trace, she throws herself into the search.

Meanwhile, the town’s beloved Rowzee Cayne has just discovered that she is terminally ill, and doesn’t want to burden her family and friends with the news.

Andee and Rowzee don't know it yet, but their journeys are going to help them uncover a secret. One that is going to affect them more than they could ever imagine.
Praise for Susan Lewis

A master storyteller' Diane Chamberlain

'Utterly compelling' Sun
'An emotionally charged, heartbreaking novel' Essential

  • Published: 30 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9780099586555
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $44.99

About the author

Susan Lewis

Susan Lewis is the bestselling author of thirty-nine novels. She is also the author of Just One More Day and One Day at a Time, the moving memoirs of her childhood in Bristol. She lives in Gloucestershire.

To find out more about Susan Lewis, visit her website www.susanlewis.com, or join in on www.facebook.com/SusanLewisBooks.

Susan is a supporter of the breast cancer charity Breast Cancer Care: www.breastcancercare.org.uk and of the childhood bereavement charity Winston's Wish: www.winstonswish.org.uk

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Praise for The Moment She Left

I absolutely loved this emotionally charged, heartbreaking novel – it kept me gripped all the way through. Perfect for beach reading this summer.

Essentials

Surprising and gripping.

Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Each chapter ending leaves the reader wanting to read further

Yorkshire Gazette

Kesterly-on-Sea is full of secrets. Some are darker than others; many are shameful. One is even deadly. Andee is an ex-detective whose marriage is breaking up. So when a young female student disappears without trace, she throws herself into the search.

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