--- product_id: 370050968 title: "The Girls Who Disappeared: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, ..." price: "¥2420" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/370050968-the-girls-who-disappeared-from-the-author-of-no-1 store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # 20-year cold case mystery No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller Twisty psychological thriller plot The Girls Who Disappeared: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, ... **Price:** ¥2420 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🔍 Unlock the secrets that everyone’s whispering about — can you handle the truth? ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Girls Who Disappeared: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, ... - **How much does it cost?** ¥2420 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/370050968-the-girls-who-disappeared-from-the-author-of-no-1) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Podcast-Ready Mystery:** Perfect for millennial professionals who love true crime vibes and immersive storytelling. - • **Masterclass in Suspense:** Experience a spine-tingling, twist-packed thriller that keeps you guessing till the last word. - • **Unputdownable Bestseller:** Join thousands who can't stop turning pages of this No.1 Sunday Times hit. - • **Cult-Favorite Psychological Fiction:** Ranked top 300 in Psychological Fiction with over 25,000 rave reviews—don’t miss out. - • **Immersive Multi-Perspective Storytelling:** Dive deep into layered narratives from Olivia, Jenna, and Stace for a rich, atmospheric read. ## Overview The Girls Who Disappeared is a gripping psychological thriller by Claire Douglas, acclaimed for its clever twists and atmospheric storytelling. Centered on a 20-year-old cold case of three missing girls, the novel weaves multiple perspectives into a chilling mystery that has captivated over 25,000 readers and secured a top spot on the Sunday Times bestseller list. ## Description THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY PICK FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9 'I loved this twisty novel' RICHARD OSMAN 'Clever. Gripping. Terrifically compelling. Kept me glued to the page' SARAH PEARSE 'An unputdownable thriller. Spine-tingling mystery' GRAZIA BOOK CLUB 'Eerie, spine-tingling. Douglas is a master storyteller. The perfect immersive read' JANICE HALLETT 'Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist, and this is her best wrongfooting yet' GILLIAN MCALLISTER ' A cleverly plotted dark and twisty thriller that will keep you guessing until the end' ALICE FEENEY 'A chillingly dark plot with a killer twist, I was totally gripped throughout' HEIDI PERKS _________ THREE GIRLS MISSING Twenty years ago : One rainy night, Olivia Rutherford is driving three friends home when a figure in the road causes her to swerve and crash. Regaining consciousness, she finds herself alone in the car - her friends have vanished. THEY ARE NEVER SEEN AGAIN Now : Journalist Jenna Halliday visits the close-knit community of Stafferbury to persuade Olivia to talk and solve the mystery of the girls' disappearance. But Olivia won't speak. What happened? Is Olivia hiding something? Why are the people of Stafferbury so frightened? How many secrets can one small town hide? _________ 'A deliciously dark, captivating and twisty mystery from the Queen of Gripping Pageturners' CL TAYLOR 'Clever . . . Adventurous . . . Fans of Douglas's bestseller, The Couple at No 9 , will enjoy her particularly lively female characters and twisty plot' DAILY MAIL 'Moody, menacing and gothic . . . A chillingly atmospheric thriller' JP DELANEY 'Spine-chilling . . . A twisty plot and unnerving undertones make this an unforgettable read' CULTUREFLY 'A fabulous book. Brilliantly plotted, heart-wrenchingly emotional, and with a central premise to die for. This delivered by the armful. I loved it!' GYTHA LODGE 'I was hooked from the first page and turned the last with my head reeling at the fiendishly clever ending. Atmospheric, haunting and endlessly surprising, I loved it' EVE CHASE 'Absorbing, atmospheric . . . A tense, spine-chilling mystery' GILLY MACMILLAN READERS ARE GRIPPED BY THE GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED: 'Totally gripping from start to finish, twists and turns galore' 5***** READER REVIEW 'I was gripped from the very beginning' 5***** READER REVIEW 'Another great keep-you-guessing read from a fabulous author' 5***** READER REVIEW 'It's getting harder and harder for thrillers to shock, but this one hit the mark. Fantastic' 5***** READER REVIEW 'A gripping story which kept me awake last night as I had to finish reading it!' 5***** READER REVIEW 'Masterful' 5***** READER REVIEW Praise for Claire Douglas 'Devotees of domestic noir will love the multiple perspectives and shifts in time that Claire Douglas uses to complicate her nervy narrative' Sunday Times Crime Club 'Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas' Tim Weaver 'A gripping page-turner' Jane Fallon 'Smart and atmospheric' Gillian McAllister 'Spine-chilling' Sunday Times 'Intriguing. Twisting. Surprising. Touching' Dorothy Koomson 'Twisty, nail-biting and utterly absorbing' Louise O'Neill 'Claire is a mistress at weaving the reader into a web of domestic deceit' Jane Corry 'The perfect gripping holiday read' Lesley Pearse 'Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train ' Marie Claire *The Girls Who Disappeared: Featured on The Sunday TImes bestsellers list December 2022* Review: Loved it! - This is the second book I have read by the author and another great read! My interest was instantly piqued at how three women could just completely disappear. I felt sorry for Olivia who suffers not only with the physical injuries from the car accident but the survivor guilt that comes along with it. Along with the other women’s families, she is also left wondering as to what could have happened to them. Jenna is a great character. A reporter who is setting up a podcast into the disappearance of the women as it is the twentieth anniversary of the tragic incident. The town where it happened also as a history of odd and strange things happening which added to the mystery and scare factor. I was truly gripped as she interviews the different people and starts to get closer to uncovering the truth which puts her in danger. It had me racing through the pages! The Girls Who Disappeared is the second novel I have read by Claire Douglas and was another thrilling read. I was completely hooked and couldn’t put it down. The mystery and suspense had me hanging off every word and had the adrenaline coursing through my body. I was suspicious of everyone and I didn’t work anything out until it was revealed which led to some shocking reading. Loved it! Review: A good read - This is an intriguing mystery tale focused on a cold case. In 1998 Olivia Rutherford was driving three of her friends home from a night out when a dark figure in the road and a bright light caused her to roll the car. Some time later Olivia finds herself regaining consciousness in the car but her companions are nowhere to be seen. Twenty years later they are still missing. The arrival of Jenna, a journalist who has come to make a podcast about the mystery stirs up old memories and renewed interest in the case. Much of the narrative is told from Jenna's perspective with occasional chapters from Olivia and a few from someone who calls herself Stace, who is on holiday in Thailand with some friends. Jenna soon begins to feel that she might be in danger, and senses that Olivia and others are withholding information from her, Although the narrative mostly held my interest it was rather uneven and I began to feel bogged down around halfway through as Jenna's researches were yielding little other than a veiled sense of threat. I was glad I stuck with it as the pace picked up again and the second half was quite compulsive reading. Stace's story, while seemingly unconnected to the main narrative was interesting in its own right and at the finale of the novel the connection between Stace and the missing girls was laid bare. It was a clever plot with a fairly satisfying conclusion although I did think the ending was a little messy. especially regarding the deliberate misdirections that were revealed and which in hindsight had added little to the plot. However, these quibbles aside, I enjoyed the book and felt quite sad that I'd finished it. I will look for more from this author. ## Features - New Store Stock ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 3,163 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 264 in Psychological Fiction (Books) 473 in Psychological Thrillers (Books) 1,024 in Mysteries (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 25,204 Reviews | ## Images ![The Girls Who Disappeared: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, ... - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81CnLm2K2zL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved it! *by S***. on 5 January 2024* This is the second book I have read by the author and another great read! My interest was instantly piqued at how three women could just completely disappear. I felt sorry for Olivia who suffers not only with the physical injuries from the car accident but the survivor guilt that comes along with it. Along with the other women’s families, she is also left wondering as to what could have happened to them. Jenna is a great character. A reporter who is setting up a podcast into the disappearance of the women as it is the twentieth anniversary of the tragic incident. The town where it happened also as a history of odd and strange things happening which added to the mystery and scare factor. I was truly gripped as she interviews the different people and starts to get closer to uncovering the truth which puts her in danger. It had me racing through the pages! The Girls Who Disappeared is the second novel I have read by Claire Douglas and was another thrilling read. I was completely hooked and couldn’t put it down. The mystery and suspense had me hanging off every word and had the adrenaline coursing through my body. I was suspicious of everyone and I didn’t work anything out until it was revealed which led to some shocking reading. Loved it! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A good read *by R***Y on 8 October 2022* This is an intriguing mystery tale focused on a cold case. In 1998 Olivia Rutherford was driving three of her friends home from a night out when a dark figure in the road and a bright light caused her to roll the car. Some time later Olivia finds herself regaining consciousness in the car but her companions are nowhere to be seen. Twenty years later they are still missing. The arrival of Jenna, a journalist who has come to make a podcast about the mystery stirs up old memories and renewed interest in the case. Much of the narrative is told from Jenna's perspective with occasional chapters from Olivia and a few from someone who calls herself Stace, who is on holiday in Thailand with some friends. Jenna soon begins to feel that she might be in danger, and senses that Olivia and others are withholding information from her, Although the narrative mostly held my interest it was rather uneven and I began to feel bogged down around halfway through as Jenna's researches were yielding little other than a veiled sense of threat. I was glad I stuck with it as the pace picked up again and the second half was quite compulsive reading. Stace's story, while seemingly unconnected to the main narrative was interesting in its own right and at the finale of the novel the connection between Stace and the missing girls was laid bare. It was a clever plot with a fairly satisfying conclusion although I did think the ending was a little messy. especially regarding the deliberate misdirections that were revealed and which in hindsight had added little to the plot. However, these quibbles aside, I enjoyed the book and felt quite sad that I'd finished it. I will look for more from this author. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Keeps you guessing *by J***N on 13 April 2026* Loved this with all its twists and turns --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/370050968-the-girls-who-disappeared-from-the-author-of-no-1](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/370050968-the-girls-who-disappeared-from-the-author-of-no-1) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-11-08*