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Darby McCormick was in high school when she first encountered the killer: someone murdered a woman in the woods where Darby and her two best friends were partying. His race to silence the witnesses was sure-footed and violent—but somehow Darby survived. Twenty-five years later, Darby is a crime-scene investigator for the Boston Police Department, and a chilling case—a woman's late-night abduction—has her uncovering strange leads to missing women, past and present. As forensic clues lead her closer to a psychopath called the Traveler, Darby must finally resolve the nightmare of her past and come face-to-face with a killer who is determined to keep the missing—and the horrors they endured at his hands—from ever coming to light.  Read an excerpt
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Atria hardcover March 2007 ISBN 9780743463805 Pocket Star US mass-market paperback February 2008 ISBN 9780743463812 BooksOnTape.com Audio CD (unabridged) April 2007 ISBN 9781415939536 Penguin UK mass-market paperback May 2007 ISBN 9780141030852
THE MISSING Film Competition Who had the mojo to make a kick-ass trailer for THE MISSING? Earlier in 2007, Penguin Books sponsored a contest for a 30-40 second film showcasing THE MISSING. The winner's entry debuted at the Odeon Leicester Square—the biggest cinema in the UK. To see both the winning film and many of the best runners-up, visit Penguin's THE MISSING website. They're great!
REVIEWS
"The Missing barely gives the reader a moment to catch a breath. It delivers suspense and mayhem from page one." —Hallie Ephron, The Boston Globe "Taut, briskly paced and thoroughly engaging page-turner. Mooney gets high marks for getting into the disturbing mindset of a sociopath; readers will be alternately fascinated and horrified. Short streamlined chapters and plenty of plot twists move the action along at a fast clip." —Martina Bexte, BookLoons "[T]he plot is like an express train, with no stops between start and finish...watch out for the ending, because I didn’t see the sucker punch coming at the climax. An absolutely excellent addition to the serial killer sub-genre." —Ali Karim, RAM "[Likely to] win its author more much-deserved attention...there is no denying the gripping nature of the plot’s machine-gun pacing, nor the likeability of the book’s intriguing heroine... a fine and rewarding thriller." —David J. Montgomery, Chicago Sun-Times "[An] excellent and scary thriller... Mooney surprises with unexpected plot twists and grabs the reader with empathy for his understandably guilt-ridden (but supremely capable) protagonist." —Sarah Weinman, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind "[I]ngeniously constructed and well-written, with a surprising conclusion." —Gloria Feit, SpineTingler Magazine "I devoured The Missing in one greedy, breathless sitting. This is a scary, breakneck ride with thrills that never let up." —Tess Gerritsen "The Missing is the season's most unrelenting thriller. It will keep readers enthralled from its gripping opening chapters to its last shocking page." —George Pelecanos "The smart money has long been on Chris Mooney, one of crime fiction's rising stars, and The Missing ably demonstrates why this is so. This is a page-turner written with great empathy, filled with strong, resilient characters that the reader will cheer and champion." —Laura Lippman "A masterful thriller; dark and disturbing, with a tearing pace. Mooney writes like a man on fire." —Linda Fairstein "The Missing is an absolutely gripping mix of suspense and mystery. Chris Mooney is a wonderful writer and in his hands this story is compelling, thrilling and touching." —Michael Connelly "Scary story. Scary talent. I love this book." —Lee Child "Authorities know there's a billion-to-one chance someone abducted by a serial killer will survive—but what if a woman was strong enough mentally and physically to beat the odds? That's the premise of Chris Mooney's incredibly scary thriller. When our heroine, Darby, a crime scene investigator, discovers an emaciated, terrified victim hidden in the shadows, she realizes this case is going to be ugly. Oh, but she doesn't know how ugly...." —International Book-of-the-Month Club®  |
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