The Next Time You See Me - Softcover

[Jones] has a fluid and easy style, and natural empathy with her characters. Strongly recommended * Sunday Business Post * The Next Time You See Me towers above the crowd... this is a cracking summer read -- Patrick Neale * Bookseller * This is a novel that cuts deeper than most, superbly black and intense * Daily Mail * Uniquely talented -- George Pelecanos, author of The Cut Holly Goddard Jones is a strikingly gifted young writer... she turns a clear but compassionate eye to the nuances of small-town life, its secret undercurrents and betrayals -- Kim Edwards, author of The Memory Keeper's Daughter So rich in character... An immensely satisfying and skillful debut novel -- Kate Atkinson The Next Time You See Me is an astoundingly good novel... simply mesmerizing -- Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl

Thirteen-year-old Emily Houchens doesn't have many friends. She spends her time alone in the woods near her house - her safe place, until she finds the body of a young woman. Susanna Mitchell is searching for her sister, Ronnie, who vanished after leaving a late-night bar. The more she discovers about Ronnie's life, the more she realises that her sister began to disappear long before she went missing. The Next Time You See Me explores the fault-lines of a small community - their hidden desires and their other, secret selves.