The Vanishing Act: A gripping murder mystery
Sep 2025 · Hachette UK
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About this ebook
Not everyone who's missing wants to be found
When human remains are discovered in an abandoned Cornish tin mine's engine house, everyone believes it is the body of teenage tearaway Elizabeth King, who disappeared from her home thirty years earlier. But Elizabeth - or rather, Eloise - is now married, respectable... and very much alive. But someone is after her - someone who remembers her from thirty years ago.
Without revealing her identity, Eloise must now face the past and solve her own murder, without alerting the killer, or she will lose everything she holds dear - including even her own life.
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Praise for Jo Jakeman:
'Packed with explosive twists, this captivating murder mystery will keep you reading late into the night' - Womans Own
'A superb mystery with perfectly drawn characters and plenty of twists and turns' - Katy Watson, author of The Three Dahlias
'Absolutely loved this witty, wicked and cleverly plotted story, with its sharply-drawn characters and skewering of privilege and class.... a classic murder mystery - and one that will keep you guessing to the very end' - Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies
When human remains are discovered in an abandoned Cornish tin mine's engine house, everyone believes it is the body of teenage tearaway Elizabeth King, who disappeared from her home thirty years earlier. But Elizabeth - or rather, Eloise - is now married, respectable... and very much alive. But someone is after her - someone who remembers her from thirty years ago.
Without revealing her identity, Eloise must now face the past and solve her own murder, without alerting the killer, or she will lose everything she holds dear - including even her own life.
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Praise for Jo Jakeman:
'Packed with explosive twists, this captivating murder mystery will keep you reading late into the night' - Womans Own
'A superb mystery with perfectly drawn characters and plenty of twists and turns' - Katy Watson, author of The Three Dahlias
'Absolutely loved this witty, wicked and cleverly plotted story, with its sharply-drawn characters and skewering of privilege and class.... a classic murder mystery - and one that will keep you guessing to the very end' - Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies
About the author
Born in Cyprus, Jo Jakeman worked for many years in London before settling in Cornwall with her husband and sons.
When she's not writing or reading, Jo walks the coastal paths and plots the fictional downfall of those who have wronged her.
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