Losing You

by Nicci French

Book Overview

It's Nina Landry's birthday, and she's supposed to have her kids ready to leave in a few hours for a Christmas holiday in Florida with her new boyfriend, but her fifteen-year-old daughter Charlie?spent the night at a friend's and hasn't come home yet. Not by ten a.m., not by eleven. Nina is getting angry---they have a plane to catch, and Charlie hasn't even bothered to pack.?As time passes, though slower and slower by the minute, Nina becomes uneasy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312375387
• ISBN13: 9780312375386
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Very good book

This book was very good. In the beginning I was not sure I would like it but ended up loving it! The only thing I noticed, which had nothing to do with the story, was that there wer no chapters in the book! Just one continuous story. I usually like to stop reading at the chapters but could not do it for this book. Did anyone else notice this or did I just get an irregular book. Other than that, a very good book.

Another British Delight - deeply suspenseful

With masterful twists and turns French has produced another book you do not want to put down. The characters are average Brits who find thenselves trapped in extraordinary suspense. If you like PD James, Priscilla Masters,and others in the field of psychological suspense, this book is a winner. I highlighy recommend it.

Great thriller with a lot of realism

I've read many books by Nicci French and they (because it's actually two authors) never let me down with their plotting and suspense. What I most enjoyed about this book is how realistic the mother's actions were once she learned her daughter was missing. As I read it, I kept thinking, Yes! That's exactly how I would respond as well, especially all the times she was impatient with the people she interviewed and the police who weren't moving fast or smart enough for her. She was a mother bear searching for her cub, she had no time to waste and it all just rang spot on for me. Keep up the excellent work, Nicci French!

Daughter abducted! Mother has to find her!

Losing You was a great book and a quick read. I loved it. Wanted to keep reading straight thru to the end. I was happy to have found this author. A very worthwhile read!

Can't put it down, edge of your seat kind of mystery...

This was one of the most suspenseful mysteries I have read in a long time. It's Nina's birthday and she is getting ready to take her kids and her boyfriend to Florida for Christmas. While trying to get everything ready for the trip, a surprise birthday party occurs supposedly put together by her daughter, Charlie. When Charlie doesn't show up for the party or for the departure of the trip, Nina becomes frantic with worry. The first thing she does is go to the police but they don't believe Charlie is in danger. Just another teenager who is trying to make a statement with her parents by hiding out for a night. Nina doesn't believe it so she takes it upon herself to try and find her daughter. As a mother, Nina's gut feeling is, something is drastically wrong here. As a mother, the thought of a missing child can suck the life right out of you. I was pulling for Nina every step of the way. This is a quick read and it keeps you on the edge of your seat right up until the end. Highly recommend.

tense thriller as Nina's life goes from joy to terror in a short span

On Sandling Island, England, divorced Nina Landry raises her two children, fifteen years old Charlie and Jackson. Nina is looking forward to a Christmas vacation in Florida with her boyfriend marine biologist Christian and is pleasantly stunned when he and others arrange a surprise fortieth birthday party for her. However her joy turns to concern when Charlie fails to come home from a teen pajama party. Not only is this out of character for her daughter, but Charlie also promised to help pack for the Florida trip, a vacation the teen was looking forward to. Nina goes to the police, who provide her with platitudes about teens and nothing else just like friends and family did earlier. Each minute that passes with no news is like a nuclear bomb exploding in her stomach, but nothing except helplessness and fear happen. This tense thriller is told predominantly by Nina so that the audience sees her dread grow rapidly and out of control because she is frustrated and fears the worst. Fans especially parents will empathize with Nina, as she not only prays for the safe return of her daughter, she offers deals to the Lord to make it happen. This is a winner from Nicci French as Nina's life goes from joy to terror in a short span. Harriet Klausner