Overview
'Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with' DAVID BALDACCI She went missing decades ago. He is still looking for her . . . Julie Nowak has been missing since 7th September 2003. It broke her family. Only her father, Theo, doesn't give up on her. On the 20th anniversary of her disappearance, Theo is contacted by podcaster Liv. She's come across a new lead. But if Theo wants to find out the truth he must be quick before his progressing dementia smothers everything in darkness. Who has taken his daughter? Why does Julie's ex-boyfriend Daniel keep his mother's bedroom door locked, years after she passed away? And is there anything more gruesome than the uncertainty of not knowing what happened to your own child? Romy Hausmann returns with an exceptional new thriller that picks up straight where she left her fans with the international phenomenon that was Dear Child. Just when you think you know where the story is going, she turns it all upside down. Readers love Romy Hausmann's thrillers 'Bingeworthy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Heart-stopping' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Unputdownable' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Addictive' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Full Product Details
Author: Romy Hausmann ,
Jamie Bulloch
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Imprint: Quercus Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 23.80cm
Weight: 0.660kg
ISBN: 9781529446708
ISBN 10: 1529446708
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 29 January 2026
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
PRAISE FOR ROMY HAUSMANN: 'Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with' * David Baldacci * A peerless exercise in suspense * Financial Times * Claustrophobic, terrifying and fiercely compelling * Daily Mail * If you read only one thriller this year, choose this one * Alice Feeney *
An emotionally-charged examination of loss, uncertainty, and the pain of broken familial trust. A well-written and absorbing mystery * Irish Independent * PRAISE FOR ROMY HAUSMANN: 'Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with' * David Baldacci * A peerless exercise in suspense * Financial Times * Claustrophobic, terrifying and fiercely compelling * Daily Mail * If you read only one thriller this year, choose this one * Alice Feeney *
Author Information
Romy Hausmann was born in East Germany in 1981. At the age of twenty-four she became chief editor at a film production company in Munich. Since the birth of her son, Romy has been working as a freelancer in television. Her thriller debut, Dear Child, became a number one bestseller in Germany, was published in twenty countries and has been adapted into an internationally successful Netflix series. Romy lives with her family in a remote house in the woods near Stuttgart.
