The gripping contemporary novel from Dublin's One City, One Book author Andrew Hughes.

'Filled with twists and turns' Patricia Gibney

'Tense and taut' Sunday Independent

'Compelling, unsettling' Catherine Kirwan

'A gripping thriller' RTÉ Guide

'A glorious read - both literary and page-turning' Irish Examiner

'Intriguing, multi-layered and immersive' Irish Independent

Everyone is talking about the disappearance of Emma Harte. How could yet another promising young woman vanish without a trace? Have the police tracked down her boyfriend yet? And why are women still not safe on our streets?

Archivist James Lyster is watching. When his carefully worded post about Emma goes viral, James starts to get some attention of his own. Soon he is drawn into the search for the missing woman, and the world of a group of idealistic university students, embarking on an affair with the unassuming Libby.

Then a body is found near James's flat. And suddenly he is being eyed with suspicion. Is the life of an innocent man about to unravel? Or is this all part of his plan?

'Smart, blackly humorous and featuring one of Irish crime fiction's most audacious femme fatales' Irish Times

"Smart, blackly humorous and featuring one of Irish crime fiction's most audacious femme fatales, Emma, Disappeared is Hughes' finest novel to date" - Irish Times

"Andrew's characters are beautifully drawn and intriguing, he casts the seeds of mystery and doubt like a pro and his portrait of modern Dublin is multi-layered and immersive" - Irish Independent

"A gripping debut thriller set in contemporary Dublin" - RTÉ Guide

"If you loved Catherine Ryan Howard's The Trap, this is similar page-turning fare" - Sunday Magazine

"Tense and taut enough to sit happily on crime bookshelves, while transcending most of its companions" - Sunday Independent

"A glorious read, both literary and page-turning, and has a wonderfully enigmatic first-person narrator" - Irish Examiner