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A Novel
by Ashley Flowers
Two women haunted by their sisters' unsolved disappearances band together in this captivating mystery from the author of All Good People Here and host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie.
Nicole "Nic" Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four, she lives alone in a dinky apartment in her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana, she's just gotten a DWI, and she works the same dead-end job she's been working since high school, a job she only has because her boss is a family friend and feels sorry for her. Everyone has felt sorry for her for the last seven years—since the day her older sister, Kasey, vanished without a trace.
On the night Kasey went missing, her car was found over a hundred miles from home. The driver's door was open and her purse was untouched in the seat next to it. The only real clue in her disappearance was Jules Connor, another young woman from the same area who disappeared in the same way, two weeks earlier. But with so little for the police to go on, both cases eventually went cold.
Nic wants nothing more than to move on from her sister's disappearance and the state it's left her in. But then one day, Jules's sister, Jenna Connor, walks into Nic's life and offers her something she hasn't felt in a long time: hope. What follows is a gripping tale of two sisters who will do anything to find their missing halves, even if it means destroying everything they've ever known.
What are you reading this week? (6/12/2025)
I'm reading The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers and am finding it slow going. Part of my problem is I don't really like the main character.
-Valerie_B
"Impossible to put down, this stellar thriller will stick with readers long after the final page is turned." —Booklist (starred review)
"Sharp, slick, and chilling, with a whiplash ending you'll never see coming, The Missing Half is an absolute must-read. My jaw is still on the floor." —Jeneva Rose, New York Times bestselling author of Home Is Where the Bodies Are
"A propulsive mystery with excellent writing and a genuine beating heart at its center. Simply a great read!" —Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl
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Ashley Flowers is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Good People Here and the #1 female podcaster in the United States, best known as the host of Crime Junkie. She founded audiochuck, an award-winning media company with over 2.5 billion downloads, and Season of Justice, a nonprofit dedicated to funding DNA testing for cold cases. Flowers lives in Indiana with her family.
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