The Disappearance of Emily Marr

By: Louise Candlish

Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins, Noreen Leighton, Various

Arriving on the windswept Ile de Ré, Tabby Dewhurst is unable to even afford a room for the night. Overhearing a villager repeating the access code to her front door, she lets herself into the house, and so she enters the strange, hidden world of Emmie, whose sudden offer of friendship is at odds with her obsession with privacy.

Tabby begins to form suspicions about Emmie, suspicions that lead her to a scandal with shattering consequences.

©2013 Louise Candlish (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"A story of scandal and tragedy it's a nail-biter until the very last pages" ( Daily Express)

Kept me out of trouble

I really enjoyed this book. It's a tale of love, the wider consequences of adultery, the depravity of the gutter press and with a jaw dropping twist at the end. Loved it!

Story was interesting but ending was meh

The plot was interesting and unique but the ending left a lot to be desired.
Also, why did Emily’s voice change when her part was being told by Tabby? That was not necessary and a bit confusing.

The ending felt very rushed.

The ending felt very rushed. I was disappointed the audio book did not have the updated epilogue that physical book apparently has.

Still waiting for there to be an ending

Similar to the many other reviews - the story was interesting until the last hour or so when it went fairly off the rails and then abruptly stopped with no real conclusion or summing up of looose ends. Takes “leave the ending up to your imagination “ to new levels. Overall rather than being a mystery or psychological thriller it was more of a sad story/cautionary tale mixed in with another sad story.

Worth a credit

Great book I loved some of the characters hated others for their stupid behavior. Disagreed with the characters that seemed to make pathetic and anti strong woman choices which, frustrated me to no end. Other than that it was a good mystery with twists and turns and remained unpredictable to the end.

The Disappearance of an Ending

The story immediately had my attention. The only time my attention wandered was when I couldn't stop listening at night and fell asleep! There were so many unexpected twists and turns that I kept expecting more and more. That was why the ending was so extremely disappointing. It was as if the author had just had enough of the story and wanted to call it done. Maybe she had already begun another book and decided to move on. I had begun to suspect that the Emily at the end was actually not the real one and the fake one was actually the real one. Now THAT would have been the kind of ending needed to this story! It was a missed opportunity to create a really great ending!

Quetiapine? Spoilers.

First of all this is too long. You could have skipped the unlikely “media frenzy” that would have never happened in real life, and had a much more cohesive and interesting story. I’m sorry but there’s so many other things happening in the world, (war, politics, global warming, ect) for it to become obsessed with ONE couple who had an affair. Ridiculous premise.

Also, why would the author feel the need to name and shame a real medication? I was just put on Quetiapine for a mental illness I just was diagnosed with in May, different then the one named in the book. I felt so bad as I listened to it and how it was for schizophrenia and dilutions, which I don’t experience. Lots of people take meds, including antipsychotics for many reasons. For an author to be such a narrow minded individual that they would shame someone’s medication in their mediocre free book is so gross to me. So glad it was free and I didn’t waste a credit.