Abigail Dean Novel 2027
The stunning new novel from Abigail Dean exploring the life of a family after the youngest disappears
On New Year’s Day, 1970, Audrey Knight wakes early to a biting cold. In the early silence she walks through the home she shares with her husband, Jack, an academic, and their three children, Miranda, Cordelia and Robin. She soon discovers the reason for the chill – the back door is open.
Her worst fears are soon confirmed – she finds one of the three beds empty, the duvet discarded, her youngest, Robin, missing.
First their home is swarming with police, they are questioned, their lives picked apart, search parties go out and return empty handed. In the days, months and years that follow, the Knight family tries to return to normalcy, but something remains forever fractured.
Praise for Abigail Dean
‘Taut, elegant and heartbreaking’ Monica Ali
‘A brilliant character study of trauma, grief and survival’ Claire Fuller
'Wonderful… lives up to the hype’ Stephen King
‘Impossibly accomplished’ Chris Whitaker
‘The best book I’ve read in a very long time’ Cecelia Ahern
‘Gripping, disturbing and beautifully written’ Emilia Hart
‘Powerful, true, tender, and devastating’ Sara Collins
‘[A] mesmerising blend of crime and romance … remarkably psychologically rich’ Sunday Times, Pick of the month
The stunning new novel from Abigail Dean exploring the life of a family after the youngest disappears
On New Year’s Day, 1970, Audrey Knight wakes early to a biting cold. In the early silence she walks through the home she shares with her husband, Jack, an academic, and their three children, Miranda, Cordelia and Robin. She soon discovers the reason for the chill – the back door is open.
Her worst fears are soon confirmed – she finds one of the three beds empty, the duvet discarded, her youngest, Robin, missing.
First their home is swarming with police, they are questioned, their lives picked apart, search parties go out and return empty handed. In the days, months and years that follow, the Knight family tries to return to normalcy, but something remains forever fractured.
Praise for Abigail Dean
‘Taut, elegant and heartbreaking’ Monica Ali
‘A brilliant character study of trauma, grief and survival’ Claire Fuller
'Wonderful… lives up to the hype’ Stephen King
‘Impossibly accomplished’ Chris Whitaker
‘The best book I’ve read in a very long time’ Cecelia Ahern
‘Gripping, disturbing and beautifully written’ Emilia Hart
‘Powerful, true, tender, and devastating’ Sara Collins
‘[A] mesmerising blend of crime and romance … remarkably psychologically rich’ Sunday Times, Pick of the month
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The stunning new novel from Abigail Dean exploring the life of a family after the youngest disappears
On New Year’s Day, 1970, Audrey Knight wakes early to a biting cold. In the early silence she walks through the home she shares with her husband, Jack, an academic, and their three children, Miranda, Cordelia and Robin. She soon discovers the reason for the chill – the back door is open.
Her worst fears are soon confirmed – she finds one of the three beds empty, the duvet discarded, her youngest, Robin, missing.
First their home is swarming with police, they are questioned, their lives picked apart, search parties go out and return empty handed. In the days, months and years that follow, the Knight family tries to return to normalcy, but something remains forever fractured.
Praise for Abigail Dean
‘Taut, elegant and heartbreaking’ Monica Ali
‘A brilliant character study of trauma, grief and survival’ Claire Fuller
'Wonderful… lives up to the hype’ Stephen King
‘Impossibly accomplished’ Chris Whitaker
‘The best book I’ve read in a very long time’ Cecelia Ahern
‘Gripping, disturbing and beautifully written’ Emilia Hart
‘Powerful, true, tender, and devastating’ Sara Collins
‘[A] mesmerising blend of crime and romance … remarkably psychologically rich’ Sunday Times, Pick of the month