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MISSING WHITE WOMAN

Kellye Garrett

In this twisty thriller and "compulsive page-turner" (Harlan Coben) from the award-winning author of Like a Sister, a woman thinks she's waking up to a romantic vacation - only to find a body in her rental home and her boyfriend gone.

It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City. Breanna's new boyfriend, Ty, took care of everything - the train tickets, the dinner reservations, the rented four-story luxury rowhouse in Jersey City with a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline. But when Bree comes downstairs their final morning, Ty is nowhere to be found and there's a stranger dead in the foyer - the missing woman the entire Internet has become obsessed with: Janelle Beckett. Soon, both the police and an army of Internet sleuths are asking questions Bree doesn't know how to answer. Desperate to find Ty and to keep her own secrets buried, Bree realizes there's only one person she can turn to: her ex-best friend, a lawyer with whom she shares a very complicated past. Fierce, smart, and thrilling to the end, Missing White Woman not only explores "Missing White Woman" syndrome and traveling while Black, but deftly inverts the hallmarks of the domestic suspense genre to ask: How well can we truly know the people we love? And what happens to these stories when seen through the eyes of a Black woman? Kellye Garrett is the author of Like a Sister an Edgar nominee and Anthony award winner for Best Novel and a Lefty Award winner for Best Mystery - as well as Hollywood Homicide, which won Agatha, Anthony, Lefty, and Independent Publisher "IPPY" awards for Best First Novel and was named one of BookBub's Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, and Hollywood Ending, which was nominated for both Anthony and Lefty awards. Prior to writing novels, Garrett spent eight years working in Hollywood, including a stint writing for Cold Case. She is a New Jersey native, a cofounder of Crime Writers of Color, and a former board member of Sisters in Crime.

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Book Published 2024-04-30 by Mulholland Books

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Kellye Garrett wows with her latest, a propulsive murder mystery that explores the dangers of social media. With relatable characters you can't help but empathize with and heart-stopping twists, MISSING WHITE WOMAN is a one-sitting read that should be on everyone's list!

[A] compulsive page-turner with plenty of twists and turns you won't see coming. Kellye Garrett is a rising star, and Missing White Woman is her best one yet.

UK: Simon & Schuster UK

Like A Sister ensured Kellye Garrett will always be on my autobuy list, and I guarantee that MISSING WHITE WOMAN will shoot her to the top of yours, too. Bree is an unforgettable heroine, the kind of character you're invested in from her first line, and Garrett's take on the toxic blend of social media and true crime is maybe the best and most nuanced look at this particular phenomenon I've read. You are in for such a ride!

Garrett is at the top of her game with this propulsive page-turner... Sharp and incisive prose, tight plotting, unexpected twists, and a poignant exploration of friendship and family make MISSING WHITE WOMAN a must-read.

Juicy but shrewd, MISSING WHITE WOMAN is arguably a thriller for the TikTok age, its issues contemporary yet timeless. Kellye Garrett uses her staccato sentences to build pressure ... [and] handles questions with depth and verve in this exciting new book." and from Booklist: "Deceptive appearances, boundless speculation, and racial prejudices drive this twisty, chillingly relatable story. Garrett's second thriller is a page-turning winner.

You never know what's coming next in MISSING WHITE WOMAN. Kellye Garrett writes with an unstoppable momentum and cultural edge that makes this a thriller not to be missed.

MISSING WHITE WOMAN is a cauldron of modern ennui. It boils and bubbles with all the peaks and valleys of our non-stop 24-7 Kafkaesque existence, then throws a mystery onto the fire. Only a writer like Kellye Garrett could craft a tale so adroitly attuned to our everyday fears while also tapping the zeitgeist of infamy and identity facing all of us but specifically black women in a world that so often puts them on the bottom rung of society's ladder. A stellar novel, a fantastic thriller, an amazing book!

With MISSING WHITE WOMAN, Kellye Garrett raises her already sky-high game to a new level. Taut, suspenseful, and packed with heart, devious twists, and unforgettable characters, this novel grabbed me tight and wouldn't let go. A single-sitting read.

Kellye Garrett has done it again with MISSING WHITE WOMAN - she's given us a heroine that could easily be our BFF, sister or daughter as well as a twisty plot and relationships that are complicated and authentic. Garrett expertly mixes sorrow and grief, humor and identity with the chaos of social media, making this suspense novel a propulsive read. Garrett remains a writer to watch.