The Disappearing Act

Ingenious and intriguing BA PARIS\r\n\r\n I devoured this Londoner in LA story in a day CAROLINE KEPNES\r\n\r\n I loved it TM LOGAN\r\n\r\n Engaging and suspenseful NEW YORK TIMES\r\n\r\nTHE NEW GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MR NOBODY AND SOMETHING IN THE WATER \r\n\r\n * \r\nA woman has gone missing\r\nBut did she ever really exist?\r\n \r\n Mia Eliot has travelled from London to LA for pilot season. This is her big chance to make it as an actor in Hollywood, and she is ready to do whatever it takes. At an audition she meets Emily, and what starts as a simple favour takes a dark turn when Emily goes missing and Mia is the last person to see her.\r\n \r\n Then a woman turns up, claiming to be Emily, but she is nothing like Mia remembers. Why would someone pretend to be Emily? Starting to question her own sanity, she goes on a desperate and dangerous search for answers, knowing something is very, very wrong.\r\n \r\nIn an industry where everything is about creating illusions, how do you know what is real? And how much would you risk to find out?\r\n \r\nPraise for The Disappearing Act\r\n\r\n Like Chekhovs gun, the Hollywood sign is mentioned early, leading to a great, extended scene far above the city - and to a genuine Hollywood ending NEW YORK TIMES\r\n Engrossing and unputdownable . . . I devoured this Londoner in LA story in a day Caroline Kepnes\r\n A fascinating glimpse of the darkness behind Hollywoods glittering facade. I loved it TM Logan\r\n Another page-turning winner from Catherine Steadman. Ingenious and intriguing, with a fascinating insight into the acting world BA Paris\r\n As tense as John Buchan and suspenseful as Patricia Highsmith Emma Bamford\r\n Glamour, greed and gaslighting - the perfect summer read! Harriet Walker\r\n\r\nPraise for Catherine Steadman\r\n\r\n A thriller for our times Louise Candlish\r\n A proper page-turner New York Times\r\n Fans of The Silent Patient will love it CJ Tudor\r\n Had me racing through the pages Sarah Vaughan\r\n An enjoyable, nail-biting ride Observer\r\n Original, ingenious and utterly gripping, with characters youll really care about as they race towards the brilliantly unexpected ending JP Delaney \r\n From the intriguing opening to the shocking ending, I loved it... CJ Tudor\r\n Very clever, brilliantly compelling, another amazing read from Catherine Steadman BA Paris\r\n A highly imaginative tale tinged with Hitchcockian tension and kinetic pacing... Deliciously provocative... Delightfully compelling Washington Post\r\n Perfectly paced with an exciting race to the end, this is one clever novel Womans Weekly