The Silence: A Novel

“Emotionally spry,
smartly suspenseful...vibrates with Hitchcockian
atmosphere." -- Booklist (starred review)

Combining the emotional power and dual narrative style of Before We Were Yours with the nuanced, layered, and atmospheric mystery of The Dry, a powerful debut novel revolving around a shocking disappearance, two neighbor families, and shameful secrets from the past that refuse to stay buried.

It is 1997, and in a basement flat in Hackney, Isla Green is awakened by a call in the middle ...