In this propulsive, page-turning thriller, the dark secrets of a small town in Tasmania are unraveled as a well-known figure goes missing without a trace--perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant and Ruth Ware. Vanishing Falls, deep in the Tasmanian rainforest, is a remote small town with a storied past. The town''s showpiece, built in the 1800s, is its calendar house--an eccentric, lavish mansion.

These days, the house is occupied by Jack Lily, a prominent art collector and landowner, and his wife, Celia...or at least, it was. For the pretty, popular, and kind Celia has suddenly disappeared. Joelle Smithton knows that a few folks in Vanishing Falls believe that she''s stupid.

It''s true that Joelle''s brain works a little differently--a legacy of shocking childhood trauma. But Joelle sees far more than most people realize, and remembers details that others cast away. For instance, she knows that Celia''s husband, Jack, has connections to unsavory local characters whom he''s desperate to keep hidden.

He''s not th