A remote tropical island. Countless dangerous secrets. No way to call help.

Missing persons specialist Frankie Elkin is on an isolated island off the coast of Hawaii. Her mission: to find Lani, the missing sister of a Death Row serial killer known as the Beautiful Butcher who is awaiting execution in just three weeks’ time.

According to the Beautiful Butcher’s sources, Lani is being held captive by her millionaire ex-boyfriend on the island. The only way to gain access is for Frankie to go undercover. But can Frankie really trust the word of a serial killer?

Plus, this island is no paradise with deadly creatures and suspicious co-workers at every turn, and an incoming tropical storm about to cut her off from the outside world.

Could this be Frankie Elkin’s most dangerous case yet?

A young man disappears during a stag weekend in the woods. Years later, he's still missing.

But his friends who were with him that day are still searching for him. Still hunting for answers. They hike deep into the wilderness. With them is missing person specialist Frankie Elkin.

What they don't know is that they are putting their own lives in terrifying danger, and may not come back alive . . .

'You've lost someone?' 'My baby sister. You must locate her. I need to know she's safe and sound. This is my dying wish. You have three weeks to get it done.' Frankie Elkin is about to undertake the strangest mission of her career. She has been asked by serial killer Keahi Pierson, who has killed and dismembered 18 men and now serves out the very limited time she has left on Death Row, to find her long lost sister Lani. Keahi had always assumed her sister to be dead, but she's just received a letter preporting to be from her. It's Keahi's dying wish to know that her sister is well and happy. Only trouble is that she faces the death penalty in three weeks time. The clock is ticking ... Frankie quickly establishes that if Lani really is still alive, she will be living on a small atoll in the middle of the ocean off the coast of Hawaii. The island is owned by a millionaire business man and Frankie applies for a job working in the hotel he is developing. The island may be paradisal in appearance, but Frankie soon discovers that both the coast and the interior are patrolled by giant crabs and enormous spiders - and that is just the wildlife. With no idea who among her co-workers are friends and who are foe, and with no appearance yet of Lani, Frankie knows that her own life is in terrifying danger ...

YOUR NEXT OBSESSION . . . * SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL * * MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR * * TV SERIES OPTIONED! HILARY SWANK TO STAR AND CO-PRODUCE * 'Propulsive, adrenaline-fuelled, terrifyingly real!' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Will have you flipping pages at breakneck speed.' LINWOOD BARCLAY 'This book exceeds even Gardner's high standards.' DAILY MAIL _______________ Five men head into the woods for a bachelor party weekend. Only four return. If he never left the woods, where did he go? A young man disappears during a stag weekend in the woods. Years later, he's still missing. But his friends who were with him that day are still searching for him. Still hunting for answers. They hike deep into the wilderness. With them is missing person specialist Frankie Elkin. What they don't know is that they are putting their own lives in terrifying danger, and may not come back alive ... _______________ 'Terrifying, primal, and very, very tense' KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW 'One of crime-fiction's most intriguing new sleuths' BOOKLIST 'Beyond brilliant . . . ingenious, intense, edgy dialogue' LIBRARY JOURNAL 'Everything you want in a crime thriller' FROST MAGAZINE 'Sinister . . . [a] tense, crackling read' PEOPLE _______________ READERS LOVE ONE STEP TOO FAR ... ***** 'WOW! What a thoroughly taut, tense, and engaging mystery.' ***** 'This is a riveting crime read, with oodles of tension and suspense.' ***** 'I honestly couldn't believe how much I came to love the characters in this story.' ***** ''The story really tugged at my heartstrings and now I can't wait to join Frankie on her next search.' ***** 'This is first-class entertainment for thriller lovers, and I highly recommend reading this book.' _______________ PRAISE FOR LISA GARDNER ... 'No one writes a more page-turning, gut-wrenching, edgy thriller than Lisa Gardner' Tess Gerritsen 'Lisa Gardner's fast-paced and exciting novels twist when you expect a turn and turn when you expect a twist. I cannot recommend her more.' Karin Slaughter 'For years Lisa Gardner has been one of the best in the business.' Harlan Coben 'No one owns this corner of the crime genre the way Lisa Gardner does' Lee Child 'Lisa Gardner is at the top of her game' Kathy Reichs

From the #1 global bestselling author of WHEN YOU SEE ME 'I just read Before She Disappeared in a day and a half. It was that gripping. And Frankie is one of my new favourite characters. Highly recommended!' SHARI LAPENA, author of The End of Her and The Couple Next Door 'Sharply-written, tension-filled yarn full of twists readers are unlikely to see coming.' DAILY MAIL 'Lisa Gardner has always been one of my favourite writers, and this time she truly hits it out of the park. Frankie Elkin is a heroine for the ages, a fierce female Shane who's out to save the world - one missing person at a time.' TESS GERRITSEN _________________________________ A gripping thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has forgotten. Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman with more regrets than belongings who spends her life doing what no one else will: searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for. When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid attention, Frankie starts looking. A new case brings Frankie to Mattapan, a Boston neighborhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier. Resistance from the Boston PD and the victim's wary family tells Frankie she's on her own. And she soon learns she's asking questions someone doesn't want answered. But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means the next person to go missing will be her ... _________________________________ 'To read Lisa Gardner is to put yourself in the hands of a master storyteller. In BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED, she gives us a crackling mystery, gritty atmosphere and an unforgettable heroine.' RILEY SAGER, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark _________________________________ Readers love Lisa Gardner's brilliant thrillers: 'A fabulous read with amazing, interesting, complex characters and I was absolutely hooked, from start to finish.' 'Once again Lisa Gardner delivers as one of my favourite crime thriller authors, she creates a complex and magnetic character in Frankie' 'Frankie is a wonderful character, full of grit and personality, and I love her inner monologues so much! I really hope we will get to see more of her in the future!' 'An entertaining and engaging thriller with a great central protagonist that I think many of Gardner's fans and other crime and thriller readers will love.'

YOUR NEXT OBSESSION ... * SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL * MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR *TV SERIES OPTIONED! HILARY SWANK TO STAR AND CO-PRODUCE __________________ 'I just read Before She Disappeared in a day and a half. It was that gripping. Highly recommended!' SHARI LAPENA 'Sharply-written, tension-filled yarn full of twists readers are unlikely to see coming.' DAILY MAIL 'Lisa Gardner has always been one of my favourite writers, and this time she truly hits it out of the park. ' TESS GERRITSEN '[Gardner] gives us a crackling mystery, gritty atmosphere and an unforgettable heroine.' RILEY SAGER __________________ A gripping thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has forgotten. Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman with more regrets than belongings who spends her life doing what no one else will: searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for. When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid attention, Frankie starts looking. A new case brings Frankie to Mattapan, a Boston neighborhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier. Resistance from the Boston PD and the victim's wary family tells Frankie she's on her own. And she soon learns she's asking questions someone doesn't want answered. But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means the next person to go missing will be her ... __________________ 'Original, chilling and so gripping I had to remind myself to take a breath' Clare Mackintosh 'A first-class crime novel by a master of the thriller genre' David Baldacci 'A rocket-fuel-propelled thriller that will leave you breathless' Gregg Hurwitz 'Tense and immersive' Booklist 'There's only one thing to ask for by the time the book ends: please, please, a sequel and a series!' New York Journal of Books 'A sharply written, tension-filled yarn full of twists readers are unlikely to see coming' Associated Press __________________ PRAISE FOR LISA GARDNER ... 'Lisa Gardner's fast-paced and exciting novels twist when you expect a turn and turn when you expect a twist. I cannot recommend her more.' Karin Slaughter 'For years Lisa Gardner has been one of the best in the business.' Harlan Coben 'No one owns this corner of the crime genre the way Lisa Gardner does' Lee Child 'Lisa Gardner is at the top of her game' Kathy Reichs __________________ READERS LOVE BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED ... ***** 'I'm shaken, slowly crying, barely gathering right words to tell how I wholeheartedly loved this book and how deeply affected me with its resonating, realistic, deeply layered character portraits!' ***** 'I have always loved Lisa Gardner's books and her new Frankie Elkin series is just as intriguing and exciting as all the others I have read.' ***** 'This is yet another wonderful mystery/suspense novel from Lisa Gardner.' ***** 'An outstanding thriller.'

For with the relentless heat comes a vicious killer. Each time, he takes two girls. Each day, he waits for the first body to be discovered, a body that contains all the clues investigators need to find the second victim, who waits, prey to a slow but certain death. The police are never in time; the bodies always found months later in remote and dangerous places. As a heatwave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again.

Two girls disappear and the clock is ticking. Rookie FBI agent Kimberly Quincy stumbles across the first body in the grounds of the FBI training facility at Quantico. She's been face to face with a serial killer before and knows only too well why the killer has chosen Quantico to start the chase. This time he's raising the stakes; he wants the FBI's finest to come out and play... Chilling and mesmerising by turns, THE KILLING HOUR is Lisa Gardner's finest thriller to date.

ONE OF "LIBRARY JOURNAL"'S BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR
Charlene Grant believes she is going to die. For the past few years, her childhood friends have been murdered one by one. Same day. Same time. Now she's the last of her friends alive, and she's counting down the final four days of her life until January 21. Charlene doesn't plan on going down without a fight. She has taken up boxing, shooting, and running. She also wants Boston's top homicide detective, D. D. Warren, to handle the investigation. But as D.D. delves deeper into the case, she starts to question the woman's story. Instinct tells her that Charlene may not be in any danger at all. If that's true, the woman must have a secret--one so terrifying that it alone could be the greatest threat of all.