The Girls Left Behind

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The gripping new novel from the global bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE LETTER Emily Gunnis is a heartwrenching story of a girl disappeared, a terrible wrong and powerful people with something to hide... Dear Daisy, I miss you so much. I'm sorry I broke my promise to never be separated from you. I have never given up the search for you. Your loving sister, HollySuperintendent Jo Hamilton remembers the night all too well. Forty years ago, when she was a young constable, she was called to a domestic disturbance. Hours later, two girls, Holly and Daisy, are left behind, the only survivors of the fire started by their dad which killed him and their mother. Against her own instincts, Jo had to leave the girls at Morley House children's home, a Victorian building teetering on the edge of Saltdean Cliffs in Sussex. She'd tried to keep track of them but found out the sisters were separated, little Daisy adopted and Holly, the elder one, getting into trouble until one day she disappeared, never to be seen again - around the same time as another of the girls in the home fell to her death on Saltdean Cliffs, assumed a suicide. But no one ever looked too closely into the goings on at Morley. Now, as Jo is days from retirement, the bones of a female are discovered near Saltdean. Jo must return to the past and re-open the two cases fumbled years before, little realising the investigation will lead her closer to home than she could have ever imagined...Your favourite authors adore Emily Gunnis's bestselling novels of long-buried secrets...'Compelling, twisty, heart-wrenching... A novel that stays with you. I was gripped' Sophie Kinsella'Utterly gripping, taut and powerful. An emotionally charged, compulsive, moving novel Adele Parks'Fast paced, brilliantly plotted and desperately sad at times - all hallmarks of a bestseller' Lesley Pearse'A truly brilliant and moving read. I loved it' Karen Hamilton'I really loved it! Tense, emotionally charged' Jenny Ashcroft'Captivating and suspenseful' Jessica Fellowes'Hugely addictive, full of twists, turns and betrayal' Heat'A gripping story' Woman & Home