Those Who Disappeared, Kevin Wignall
Those Who Disappeared, Kevin Wignall
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Those Who Disappeared

Author: Kevin Wignall

Narrator: Mikael Naramore

Unabridged: 7 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2021


Synopsis

It’s been thirty years since his father went missing. Now there’s a body, can he finally find out why?When a man’s body is discovered in a Swiss glacier thirty years after he went missing, his son, Foster Treherne, hopes he’ll finally have closure on what happened to the father he never met. But then the autopsy reveals signs of a struggle, and what was assumed to be a tragic accident suddenly looks more sinister.Foster tracks down his father’s old friends, but when he starts to ask questions it becomes clear that there’s something they don’t want to tell him. While some are evasive, others seem to wish the body had never been found. What exactly is their connection to each other, and why are they so reluctant to discuss the day his father disappeared? Who are they trying to protect?If he wants to uncover what really happened, Foster must follow the trail of secrets and lies—no matter how devastating the consequences, and what they might reveal about his father. Because the truth can only stay buried for so long…

About Kevin Wignall

Kevin Wignall is a British writer, born in Brussels in 1967. He spent many years as an army child in different parts of Europe and went on to study politics and international relations at Lancaster University. He became a full-time writer after the publication of his first book, People Die (2001). His other novels are Among the Dead (2002); Who is Conrad Hirst? (2007), shortlisted for the Edgar Award and the Barry Award; Dark Flag (2010); The Hunter’s Prayer (2015, originally titled For the Dogs in the USA), which was made into a film directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Sam Worthington and Odeya Rush; A Death in Sweden (2016); The Traitor’s Story (2016); A Fragile Thing (2017); To Die in Vienna (2018); When We Were Lost (2019); and The Names of the Dead (2020).


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee

4/5 stars Foster Treherne is rich and an artist, initially part of a group called ‘The New Painters’ but he alone has had great success. There is jealousy that he is the one who has made a name for himself as he gets a series of unpleasant anonymous notes making various accusations. Foster never knew......more

Goodreads review by Blaine

Thanks to NetGalley, along with Amazon Publishing UK/Thomas & Mercer for this free advance copy in return for an honest review. A glacier, an avalanche and an artist’s search for truth, all come together in this wonderfully conceived book by Kevin Wignall, an author I never read before and who has d......more

Rating: Very Good Genre: Mystery Thriller This is a story about a famous artist, Foster Treherne. One day Foster is informed that a body has been discovered in a glacier in Switzerland and that body is believed to be his father who has been missing for thirty years. Despite never knowing his father, F......more

4.25 Stars — A thanks to NetGalley for a free ARC of this meaty thriller in return for a sincere and completely honest and impartial review. A captivating and quite original mystery, Kevin Wignall’s latest thriller has many things going for it. The authors use of tension is on-point here but ultimat......more

Those Who Disappeared is an engrossing literary mystery that reminds us that sometimes, through careful consideration, we discover we don't really know the people we feel we are closest to at all and that despite the facades people hide behind these people often don't have our best interests at hear......more