The Return of Ellie Black: A Novel
General fiction, Suspense and thrillers
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
A USA TODAY Bestseller | An NPR Best Book of 2024 | A Goodreads Best Thriller of 2024 In this &“page-turning suspense novel, shrewd character study, and captivating mystery&” (Stephen King) Detective Chelsey Calhoun&’s life is turned upside down when… she gets the call that Ellie Black, a girl who disappeared years earlier, has resurfaced in the woods of Washington state—but her reappearance leaves Chelsey with more questions than answers.It&’s been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun&’s sister vanished when they were teenagers, and ever since she&’s been searching: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. But happy endings are rare in Chelsey&’s line of work. Then a glimmer: local teenager Ellie Black, who disappeared without a trace two years earlier, has been found alive in the woods of Washington state. But something is not right with Ellie. She won&’t say where she&’s been, or who she&’s protecting, and it&’s up to Chelsey to find the answers. She needs to get to the bottom of what happened to Ellie: for herself, and for the memory of her sister, but mostly for the next girl who could be taken—and who, unlike Ellie, might never return. The &“haunting and evocative&” debut thriller from New York Times bestselling author Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black is both a feminist tour de force about the embers of hope that burn in the aftermath of tragedy and a &“gripping psychological thriller&” (The Seattle Times) that will shock you right up until the final page.