- Format: Kindle Edition
- File Size: 3346 KB
- Print Length: 309 pages
- Publisher: Crooked Lane Books (June 12 2018)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B075QJ3F6T
Book Description
This pulse-pounding series debut is the next obsession for fans of Julia Keller and David Bell, and readers of unflinching thrillers.
Sometimes, the journey home is the most harrowing. And it’s every parent’s worst nightmare.
Investigative journalist Laura Chambers is back in her tiny hometown of Hillsborough, North Carolina, the one place she swore never to return. Fired from the Boston Globe, her career in shambles, she reluctantly takes a job with the local paper. The work is simple, unimportant, and worst of all, boring―at least until a missing girl turns up dead, the body impeccably clean, dressed to be the picture of innocence.
Years earlier, ten-year-old Patty Finch left home and never made it back. But for the people of Hillsborough, Patty was just the beginning. Child after child disappeared, a reign of terror the town desperately wants to forget. Now that terror has returned to seize another girl. And another. And another.
This is the story Laura’s been waiting for―her one last chance to get back onto the front page. She dives deeper into a case that runs colder by the second, only to discover the truth may be far closer to home than she could have ever imagined. Powerful, intricate, and tense, Last Girl Gone will have you looking over your shoulder long after the last page.
Sometimes, the journey home is the most harrowing. And it’s every parent’s worst nightmare.
Investigative journalist Laura Chambers is back in her tiny hometown of Hillsborough, North Carolina, the one place she swore never to return. Fired from the Boston Globe, her career in shambles, she reluctantly takes a job with the local paper. The work is simple, unimportant, and worst of all, boring―at least until a missing girl turns up dead, the body impeccably clean, dressed to be the picture of innocence.
Years earlier, ten-year-old Patty Finch left home and never made it back. But for the people of Hillsborough, Patty was just the beginning. Child after child disappeared, a reign of terror the town desperately wants to forget. Now that terror has returned to seize another girl. And another. And another.
This is the story Laura’s been waiting for―her one last chance to get back onto the front page. She dives deeper into a case that runs colder by the second, only to discover the truth may be far closer to home than she could have ever imagined. Powerful, intricate, and tense, Last Girl Gone will have you looking over your shoulder long after the last page.
Praise for Last Girl Gone :
Last Girl Gone isone of the most surefooted, accomplished debut thrillers I've read in ages. Readers are going to fall hard for J. G. Hetherton. He'sa terrific talent and makes the rest of us look bad. It would be a shame if something were to happen to him... "
- Chelsea Cain, New York Times bestselling author
"J. G. Hetherton's Last Girl Gone is astunning debut that takes the reader down adark and vivid rabbit hole. Thetwists and turns come fast and furious, and the novel's protagonist, journalist Laura Chambers, is a character I want to read more about.Swiftly paced, riveting, poignant and real, this book shows you can go home again... but you really may not want to."
- David Bell, bestselling author of Bring Her Home
" Last Girl Gone doesn't read like the work of someone new to suspense. Not only has J. G. Hetherton created an engaging and interesting protagonist who discoversterrible secrets from the past and an implacable evil surviving in the present, he has crafted ariveting story full oftwists and shocks. Perfectly paced and plotted from its dramatic beginning to its twist ending, Last Girl Gone is acompulsive read that will keep the reader turning pages."
- Christine Carbo, award-winning author of The Weight of Night
"Forget sleep. Forget everything. No one will pry this book out of your hands until the lastdiabolical twist."
- Brian Freeman, bestselling author of The Night Bird
"Chilling, creepy, atmospheric... [A] rare debut novel that reads like the work of a seasoned pro. [Hetherton's] tale of murder, cruelty and small-town psychopathology grips onto you hard and fast anddoesn't ever let go... Outstanding... Not to be missed!"
- Owen Laukkanen, award-winning author of The Forgotten Girls
"One hell of atwisted baddie, all wrapped up in [a]fantastic premise, fantastic writing, and one hell of an ending. I read it in a day."
- Paul Cleave, international bestselling author of Trust No One
"Apromising debut... Laura's work with now-retired sheriff Donald Rodgers gives the plot heft and illustrates how sharp investigators span generations... Hetherton deliversa realistic look at contemporary newsroom culture that bodes well for future installments."
- Publishers Weekly "
About the Author
J.G. Hetherton was raised in rural Wisconsin, graduated from Northwestern University, and lived in Chicago for the better part of a decade. Along the way to his first novel, he dabbled in many different day jobs before moving to North Carolina for a girl. They live in Durham, North Carolina with their twin daughters, and when he’s not writing, you can find him on the hiking trail or sitting down with a good book.
My Review
Last Girl Gone is the first Laura Chambers Mystery by J.G. Hetherton. I was attracted to this book as it was suggested that it would be a good read for fans of Julia Keller. I love Julia Keller's books and I found Last Girl Gone to be a great read. I am looking forward to more in the series!
Last Girl Gone is a wonderfully twisty tale. It is set in North Carolina. Reporter Laura Chambers is back in her hometown living with her mother...that is a story in itself. 30 years earlier, children were disappearing. And now they are again. Could this all possibly be connected? Laura works with a retired lawman to figure out what is going on now..and what happened 30 years ago.
This is a great twisty thriller. A definitely must read for thriller fans.
Highly recommend Last Girl Gone.
It is out on June 12th.
Last Girl Gone is a wonderfully twisty tale. It is set in North Carolina. Reporter Laura Chambers is back in her hometown living with her mother...that is a story in itself. 30 years earlier, children were disappearing. And now they are again. Could this all possibly be connected? Laura works with a retired lawman to figure out what is going on now..and what happened 30 years ago.
This is a great twisty thriller. A definitely must read for thriller fans.
Highly recommend Last Girl Gone.
It is out on June 12th.
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