{"product_id":"vanishing-falls-a-novel-isbn-9780062978493","title":"Vanishing Falls: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of CrimeReads Most Anticipated Books of the Year!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This\u003cbr\u003eliterary thriller paints as vivid a landscape as any book coming out this\u003cbr\u003esummer...Gee creates a lush, tantalizing world that\u003cbr\u003ereaders will want to travel into deeper and deeper.\"—CrimeReads\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCelia\u003cbr\u003eLily is rich, beautiful, and admired. She’s also missing. And the search for\u003cbr\u003ethe glamorous socialite is about to expose all the dark, dirty secrets of\u003cbr\u003eVanishing Falls…\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep\u003cbr\u003ewithin the lush Tasmanian rainforest is the remote town of Vanishing Falls, a\u003cbr\u003eplace with a storied past. The town’s showpiece, built in the 1800s, is its Calendar\u003cbr\u003eHouse—currently occupied by Jack Lily, a prominent art collector and landowner;\u003cbr\u003ehis wife, Celia; and their four daughters. The elaborate, eccentrically\u003cbr\u003edesigned mansion houses one masterpiece and 52 rooms—and Celia Lily isn’t in\u003cbr\u003eany of them. She has vanished without a trace.…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoelle\u003cbr\u003eSmithton knows that a few folks in Vanishing Falls believe that she’s\u003cbr\u003esimple-minded. It’s true that Joelle’s brain works a little differently—a\u003cbr\u003elegacy of shocking childhood trauma. But Joelle sees far more than most people\u003cbr\u003erealize, and remembers details that others cast away. For instance, she knows\u003cbr\u003ethat Celia’s husband, Jack, has connections to unsavory local characters whom\u003cbr\u003ehe’s desperate to keep hidden. He’s not the only one in town with something to\u003cbr\u003econceal. Even Joelle’s own husband, Brian, a butcher, is acting suspiciously.\u003cbr\u003eWhile the police flounder, unable to find Celia, Joelle is gradually parsing\u003cbr\u003ethe truth from the gossip she hears and from the simple gestures and statements\u003cbr\u003ethat can unwittingly reveal so much.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust\u003cbr\u003eas the water from the falls disappears into the ground, gushing away through\u003cbr\u003esubterranean creeks, the secrets in Vanishing Falls are pulsing through the\u003cbr\u003etown, about to converge. And when they do, Joelle must summon the courage to\u003cbr\u003ereveal what really happened to Celia, even if it means exposing her own past…\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"...a novel that blends crime and women's fiction with a mystery at its heart. Best of all, this novel introduces us to an unforgettable heroine, Jo-Jo, who will tug at your heartstrings even as you cheer for her to solve the crime.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJenny Milchman, Mary Higgins Clark Award winning author of Cover of Snow and The Second Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eVanishing Falls\u003c\/em\u003e is an addictive, cleverly plotted mystery-within-a-mystery set in a vividly painted Tasmania. The cast of complex, secret-laden characters will draw you in and keep you riveted until the final page. Twisty and darkly atmospheric, Poppy Gee has created a chilling gem of a novel...”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKali White, award-winning author of The Monsters We Make\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fans of Jane Harper’s thrillers and their atmospheric Australian settings will be riveted by this gripping novel... The reader will be hard put to figure this one out and will be amazed by the unique and amazingly resilient protagonist, who is revealed in clear and steadily paced prose.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I loved it! 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