When Bel's missing mother shows up just as a true crime documentary about her starts filming, unanswered questions threaten to bring sinister answers in this unputdownable thriller from the author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2024
Winner of the Books Are My Bag Young Adult Fiction Award 2024
18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness. Rachel is gone, presumed dead.
The case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. But then Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again...
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008582197
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 580 g
Dimensions: 222 x 141 x 45 mm
Praise for Holly Jackson’s previous books: Five Survive ‘A blisteringly good standalone thriller.’The Observer, YA Books of the Year, 4/12/2022 ‘A thrill ride.’ The Guardian “Holly Jackson, the OG of UK YA thriller writers, has written one of her most exciting novels yet. Five Survive, my Book of the Month, is about a group of teens who set off on a trip for spring break; when they find themselves under attack, they must work out who is trying to shoot them—and why. Set over the course of just a few hours, this taut thriller will keep readers hooked.” Charlotte Eyre, The Bookseller The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy ‘A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller' - Guardian 'Jackson ensnares readers in another highly addictive web, woven from the dark shadows of small-town secrets.’The Observer “As Good As Dead is a phenomenal YA mystery that deserves to be one of the books of the year and provides a stellar finale to a knockout series."Nerd Daily 'A fiendishly-plotted mystery that kept me guessing until the very end.' – Laura Purcell, bestselling author of The Silent Companions 'There is a lot to really enjoy in this story and there is great energy to the writing, as well as some fine characterization' – Peter James, award-winning and no.1 bestselling crime thriller author of Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series 'Twisty, compulsive and so, so clever' – Savannah Brown, author of The Truth About Keeping Secrets
I have been a long-term fan of Holly Jackson ever since the original Good Girl's Guide to Murder masterpiece came out — so when the proof for The Reappearance of Rachel Price arrived, I dropped everything to read... More
If there is one thing in this world I will drop everything for – it’s a new Holly Jackson book.
The Reappearance of Rachel Price, Holly Jackson’s fifth full length novel and second standalone, takes a more domestic...
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I’m super excited for this to come out in April so I have another good YA crime to recommend people.
Bels Mum Rachel disappeared when she was just a baby, Bel was the only witness and she doesn’t remember anything...
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