99 Red Balloons

By Elisabeth Carpenter,

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Two girls go missing, decades apart. What would you do if one was your daughter?

Eight-year-old Grace is last seen in a sweetshop. Her mother Emma is living a nightmare. But as her loved ones rally around her, cracks begin to emerge. What are the emails sent between her husbandā€¦

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2 authors picked 99 Red Balloons as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A child is taken. A family is shattered. But this plays out a little differently than most missing child cases. I definitely did not expect that epic twist. Itā€™s well written and youā€™ll tear through the pages with the song 99 Red Balloons playing in your head the whole time.

From Lorna's list on reads to keep you awake all night.

A beautifully written, cleverly constructed dual-narrative story that follows the abduction of a child and the aftermath experienced by the family, interwoven with the story of a widow whose grandchild also went missing. Itā€™s packed with family secrets and lies and I found it enjoyable trying to untangle it all! This book is emotive and suspenseful and the killer twist at the end is just brilliant.

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