Has anyone seen Charlotte Salter? A novel

Nicci French

Book - 2024

"On the day of Alec Salter's fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes she is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children-especially fifteen-year-old Etty-grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn't return. Then Etty and her friend Morgan find the body of Morgan's father-and the Salters' neighbor- Duncan Ackerley, floating in the river. The police conclude that Duncan and Charlotte were having an affair before he killed her and committed suicide. Thirty years later, Morgan Ackerley returns to Glensted with his older brother to make a podcast based ...on their shared tragedy with the Salters. Alec, stricken with dementia, is entering an elder care facility while Etty helps put his affairs in order. But when the Ackerleys ask to interview the Salters, the entire town gets caught up in the unresolved cases. Allegations fly, secrets come to light, and a suspicious fire leads to a murder. With the podcast making national news, London sends Detective Inspector Maud O'Connor to Glensted to take over the investigation. She will stop at nothing to uncover the truth as a new and terrifying picture of what really happened to Charlotte Salter and Duncan Ackerley emerges"--

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Subjects
Genres
Detective and mystery fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels
Published
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2024]
Language
English
Main Author
Nicci French (author)
Edition
First US edition
Physical Description
532 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780063298347
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Review by Booklist Review

The 1990 disappearance of Charlotte Salter, a well-liked mother of four, remained unsolved for decades, burdening the village of Glensted with rumors of infidelity and suspicion. As salt on the wound, the Salters' close friend, Duncan Ackerly, drowned the day after her disappearance, and Charlotte's son, Paul, eventually committed suicide. Twenty years later, Charlotte's remaining adult children, Niall, Ollie, and Etty, have gathered in Glensted to sell the family home. Duncan Ackerly's sons, Greg and Morgan, have also returned to launch a podcast about the likely connections between Charlotte's disappearance and their father's death. With the spotlight on the police's questionable initial response, Bristol DI Maud O'Connor is sent to Glensted to re-investigate both cases. Maud confronts resistance from her team, raging public criticism of the original investigation, and decades of cold clues with unshakable confidence in the cases' solvability. French cleverly plays on that suspense by doling out Maud's plan and clues in tantalizing bits. The wolf hides in sheep's clothing here, to great effect.

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