The Return of Ellie Black

A USA TODAY Bestseller | An NPR Best Book of 2024 | A Goodreads Best Thriller of 2024 In this ΓÇ£page-turning suspense novel,shrewd character studyand captivating mysteryΓÇ¥ (Stephen King) Detective Chelsey CalhounΓÇÖs life is turned upside down when she gets the call that Ellie Blacka girl who disappeared years earlierhas resurfaced in the woods of Washington stateΓÇöbut her reappearance leaves Chelsey with more questions than answers. ItΓÇÖs been twenty years since Detective Chelsey CalhounΓÇÖs sister vanished when they were teenagersand ever since sheΓÇÖs been searching: for signsfor closurefor other missing girls. But happy endings are rare in ChelseyΓÇÖs line of work. Then a glimmer: local teenager Ellie Blackwho disappeared without a trace two years earlierhas been found alive in the woods of Washington state. But something is not right with Ellie. She wonΓÇÖt say where sheΓÇÖs beenor who sheΓÇÖs protectingand itΓÇÖs up to Chelsey to find the answers. She needs to get to the bottom of what happened to Ellie: for herselfand for the memory of her sisterbut mostly for the next girl who could be takenΓÇöand whounlike Elliemight never return. The ΓÇ£haunting and evocativeΓÇ¥ debut thriller from New York Times bestselling author Emiko JeanThe Return of Ellie Black is both a feminist tour de force about the embers of hope that burn in the aftermath of tragedy and a ΓÇ£gripping psychological thrillerΓÇ¥ (The Seattle Times) that will shock you right up until the final page.