The Vanished Ones

Description

We call them the sleepers . . . At the elite Missing Persons bureau of the Federal Police, Mila Vasquez is tasked with finding the hundreds of lost people who vanished from their former lives. The longer they are gone, the more they are forgotten by the world. Now they are returning. Appearing at random and wielding devastation, they enact a horrifying pattern of murders, leaving Mila scrabbling to discover where they have come from and what they want. Yet the deeper into the case she gets, Mila begins to realise that her colleagues are hiding something from her - something which will jeopardise everything . . . Set in the world of Carrisi's record-breaking debut, The Whisperer, THE VANISHED ONES is intelligent, thrilling and incredibly compelling.

Donato Carrisi was born in 1973 and studied law and criminology. He won four Italian literature prizes for his bestselling debut The Whisperer. Since 1999 he has been working as a TV screenwriter, and he lives in Rome.

Gruesome and gripping . . . a taut psychological thriller - The Times on The Whisperer More than delivers on its ghoulish promise . . . you might not want to read this alone in the house - Time Out on The Whisperer The Whisperer is one hell of a ride. This story screams high tension, high stakes and high velocity - Michael Connelly A gripping read . . . I defy anyone to guess the denouement - Guardian on The Whisperer