What She Left

Gone doesn't mean forgotten. The year's most haunting and unforgettable debut. When Alice Salmon died last year, the ripples were felt in the news, on the internet, and in the hearts of those who knew her best. But the person who knows her most intimately isn't family or a friend. Professor Jeremy Cooke is an academic whose life has become about piecing together Alice's existence in all its flawed and truthful reality. For Cooke, faithfully recreating Alice's life through her diaries, emails and anything using her voice -- is all-consuming. He does not know how deep his search will take him, or the shocking nature of what he will uncover. A psychological thriller that's perfect for reading groups and fans of "Gone Girl, Before I Go to Sleep, The Husband's Secret, Daughter," and "The Girl on the Train" "What a wonderful new voice. What a pleasure to read a thriller that's so ambitious and so full of emotion and suspense. Bravo!" --Nicci French, author of "The Memory Game" and "Blue Monday" "An absorbing, intricate and extremely original novel. It is also immensely clever and intriguing. It kept making me recall how I'd felt watching "Twin Peaks." The kind of immediate shock and grief I felt for Laura Palmer was what I felt for Alice. The process of piecing together the heroine's life is so absorbing. I mourned her more and more powerfully as the story went on. "What She Left" is beautifully written and very emotionally involving. I hope that it garners all of the commercial and critical success it deserves." --Claire Kendal, author of "The Book of You" "A tight, clever, compelling story... the reader must act as detective, rebuilding Alice Salmon from the digital footprint she leaves behind." --Paula Daly, author of "Just What Kind of Mother Are You""