The Night They Vanished

By: Vanessa Savage

Narrated by: Lowri Walton

A family with a secret.

A past about to catch up with them.

Hanna has barely spoken to her family since the tragedy that rocked their lives fourteen years ago. The tragedy for which they held Hanna responsible.

Then she sees her family home listed as the scene of a horrific crime. Number of victims: three. Date of crime: today. Frantic, Hanna tries to contact her family, only to find they have disappeared.

To find them, Hanna will have to confront what happened all those years ago.

And the person determined to make her pay for it . . .

Critic reviews

"Dark and thoroughly compulsive . . . a definite up-all-nighter."—Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat, on The Woods

"Gripping."—Daily Mail, on The Woods

"One of the best psychological thrillers of 2019."—Bookriot on The Woman in the Dark

"Savage carefully sustains the growing tension to the final twist. Psychological thriller fans will be rewarded."—Publishers Weekly on The Woman in the Dark

"Claustrophobic and compelling."—Good Housekeeping on The Woman in the Dark

"Atmospheric, creepy...Combines the intrigue of thrillers like The Wife Between Us and Behind Closed Doors, coupled with the delicious terror of a haunted house story."—Booklist on The Woman in the Dark

"A vivid portrait of buried tensions."—Daily Mail on The Woman in the Dark

I liked it

It was Good story, kept me interested all the way through.. was worth the credit..

Very Good, Worth The Credit

I would say that this is a well written story with very thoroughly developed characters and definitely worth your time and credit.
IMO this is not Vanessa Savage’s best, I think “The Woods” and “The Woman In The Dark” were both much creepier and just more enjoyable, more entertaining all the way around.
But this was still fun and the narration is exceptional.
I would absolutely recommend it.
But if this is your first experience of Vanessa Savage, I would start with one of the aforementioned titles instead, as they are a much better representation of this author at her best.
Still, this is a great story, it’s unique and clever and has many layers and many interesting characters. Also the setting is wonderful and the dual timeline works well here.
Full of atmosphere and mystery so you can’t really go wrong…

Edge of the seat all the way!

Loved the narration and the back & forth stories of the two main characters! Great listen!!

not goo

hard to get through. the narrator's accent is aweful. hard to listen too. couldn't finish it.

Incomprehensible Characters

This story had all the pieces, but something was missing from the execution. The characters didn’t make sense to me. I didn’t understand why they all reacted so dramatically to simple mistakes.

SPOILERS

The father especially confuses me. He was such a mean spirited father in day-to-day interactions with his family. But then his huge transgression, the big reveal in the end, didn’t add up either. You’d think he framed Jacob for murder or killed him himself, the way everyone reacted. Dad was set up to be this awfully cold & cruel figure, but his downfall was reporting Jacob and kicking his daughter out? It just seemed anticlimactic.