Did she leave or was she taken?
An Irish Times & USA Today Bestseller
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey/New Blood Dagger
Shortlisted for the BGE Irish Crime Fiction Book of the Year
The day Adam Dunne’s girlfriend, Sarah, fails to return from a Barcelona business trip, his perfect life begins to fall apart. Days later, the arrival of her passport and a note that reads ‘I’m sorry – S’ sets off real alarm bells. He vows to do whatever it takes to find her.
Adam is puzzled when he connects Sarah to a cruise ship called the Celebrate – and to a woman, Estelle, who disappeared from the same ship in eerily similar circumstances almost exactly a year before.
To get answers, Adam must confront some difficult truths about his relationship with Sarah. He must do things of which he never thought himself capable. And he must try to outwit a predator who seems to have found the perfect hunting ground…
A tense, tight, original page turner.
Sunday Independent
Clever and compulsive. I read it in one sitting.
Irish Examiner
An engaging thriller written with authenticity and aplomb from a writer who knows her craft.
Books Ireland
Catherine Ryan Howard is an astonishing new voice in thriller writing.
Liz Nugent
Fast-paced, twisty and an absolute joy to read.
Mark Edwards
The plot twists, rolling like the sea. Hold on, you’re in for a wild ride.
Bookpage
An excellent debut … which may give cruising executives sleepless nights.
Irish Independent
An engaging, unusual and believable thriller.
Sinead Crowley
A debut novel with a cracking plot and satisfyingly eerie writing throughout.
Woman’s Way