Vanished - James Delargy

From the groundbreaking author of 55 comes anextraordinary new thriller...

The Kane family, Lorcan, Naiyana and their young son, relocate from Perth to Kallayee, an abandoned mining town in the Great Victoria Desert to start over again, free from their chequered past.

The town seems like the perfect getaway: Peaceful. Quiet. Remote. Somewhere they won't be found.

But life in Kallayee isn't quite as straightforward as they hope. There are noises in the earth, mysterious shadows and tracks in the dust as if the town is coming back to life.

But the family can't leave. No one can talk sense into them.

And now, no one can talk to them at all.

They've simply vanished.

Now it's up to Detective Emmaline Taylor to find them before it's too late.

** Praisefor Vanished **

'Delargy manages to turn the wide-open deserted Outback into something intensely claustrophobic and chilling' Russ Thomas

'Intense, insightful and impossible to put down, Vanished is a gripping tale of greed and betrayal, burning with tension under a harsh Australian sun' Caz Frear

'Powered through this in two sittings.Vanishedratchets up the tension page after page, playing out in a perfect isolated setting with such a claustrophobic feel, and so vividly painted you could step right in' Rob Scragg

'There is menace on every page of this atmospheric thriller. An abandoned mining town in the Australian outback is the desolate - almost surreal - backdrop to a tale of a disintegrating family. Perfect for fans of The Dry' Jo Furniss, author of the Amazon Charts best-seller All The Little Children

** Praise for 55 **

'Apulse-poundingpsycho-thriller . . . splendidly-engineered plot and a masterly sense of pace allied to a haunting background make fora powerful debut' Crime Time

'Aclever concept for this fast-moving debut, fleshed out with a sympathetic hero haunted by grim memories'Sunday TimesCrime Club

'Brilliantly atmosphericwith a sense of menace that pervades every page. Even more impressive than 55' Kate Rhodes

'Fabulously atmospheric,asplendid slice of outback noirfor fans of Jane Harper. Theintricately woven plotsucks you into a hostile world and keeps you sweating until the final page'Adam Southward
'A gripping race through the bleak Australian outback to find a missing family:Vanishedcaptivated and intrigued me from page one' Louisa De Lange

'If you liked the Dry you will like this'

'I enjoy a good psychological thriller and this was up there with the best'

'I loved this book from start to finish . . .the ending is still on my mind today'

'A real page-turner.Gets a grip on you from the start. Best book I've read in years!'

'I found itimpossible to tear myself awayfrom this small, isolated community as they stumbled into a territory more hostile and unpredictable than any place on earth.LOVED IT'