No one knows what it is, but the reader will recognize it as the lever that opens the tunnel entrance at Scarlett’s house. The school matron’s daughter comes across another anonymous tip-off, this time leading to a metal tool. Sophie talks to the school’s previous headteacher, whose husband also went missing the year before. Scarlett’s house is now empty, and no one knows where the family are. A year passes by for Kim, who is grateful when Sophie discovers the ring, and the police recommence their investigations. Zach becomes increasingly bossy and cruel towards Tallulah, who begins having an affair with Scarlett. In Part Two, Scarlett shows Tallulah the entrance to a secret tunnel beneath her house. She finds Scarlett fascinating, and Scarlett in turn takes an interest in Tallulah. As a young but happy single mother dividing her time between her baby and college work, Tallulah lets Zach back into her life against her better judgment. The third strand of the narrative covers the months leading up to the couple’s disappearance. Sophie becomes obsessed with the mystery after discovering an anonymous clue, which leads her to a missing ring that had belonged to Zach.
One year on from the disappearance, Sophie arrives in the area, where her boyfriend is the new head teacher at an elite boarding school. She has never heard of Scarlett before, or the grand mansion where she lives. They attended an impromptu party at the house of Tallulah’s friend Scarlett, but Kim cannot trace them any further. In Part One, Kim tries to find out what has happened to her teenage daughter Tallulah, who is missing along with her boyfriend Zach. This means that much of the novel is non-linear, alternating back and forth until the stories eventually converge, concluding at the same point in time. Each storyline unfolds chronologically, but over different stretches of time. The novel uses the present tense and a third-person point of view, shifting its focus between the three characters on a chapter-by-chapter basis, with a few disruptions to this pattern. The Night She Disappeared follows the interrelated stories of three women: Kim (whose daughter is missing), Tallulah (the missing daughter), and Sophie (a writer who moves into their neighborhood). The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Jewell, Lisa.
0 kommentar(er)
