The Reappearance of Rachel Price

By: Holly Jackson

Narrated by: Sophie Amoss

THE STUNNING NO.1 BESTSELLING YA THRILLER FROM HOLLY JACKSON, AUTHOR OF NETFLIX’S A GOOD GIRLS GUIDE TO MURDER

'The queen of YA crime Holly Jackson returns with a blisteringly good standalone thriller' – Observer

'An instantly gripping, corkscrew-twisty thriller’ – The Guardian

'Holly Jackson has smashed it again.’ – The Nerd Daily

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2024 and winner of the Books are My Bag YA Award 2024

18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness. Rachel is gone, presumed dead.

The case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. But then Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again …

Holly Jackson was 'BookTok Author of the Year' at the 2023 TikTok Book Awards.

The Reappearance of Rachel Price was No 1 in the Sunday Times Children’s bestseller listings on Sunday 14/4/2024 and in the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover listings on Wednesday 10/4/2024

©2024 Holly Jackson (P)2024 Penguin Random House LLC

Critic reviews

Praise for Rachel Price:

'Holly Jackson returns with a blisteringly good standalone thriller’ – Observer

'An instantly gripping, corkscrew-twisty thriller’ – The Guardian

'Holly Jackson has smashed it again. It is a lit fuse that explodes in dramatic fashion, but also always stays focused on the characters at its heart. This is a twisty, ambiguous book that thrives in its entangled relationships, unpicking the secrets hidden within.’ – The Nerd Daily

Praise for Holly Jackson:

‘Jackson is the queen of young adult novels’ Independent

‘A blisteringly good standalone thriller.’ The Observer on Five Survive, YA Books of the Year, 4/12/2022

‘A thrill ride.’ The Guardian

“Holly Jackson, the OG of UK YA thriller writers, has written one of her most exciting novels yet. Five Survive, my Book of the Month, is about a group of teens who set off on a trip for spring break; when they find themselves under attack, they must work out who is trying to shoot them—and why. Set over the course of just a few hours, this taut thriller will keep readers hooked.” – Charlotte Eyre, The Bookseller

The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy

‘A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller' - Guardian

'Jackson ensnares readers in another highly addictive web, woven from the dark shadows of small-town secrets.’ – The Observer

“As Good As Dead is a phenomenal mystery that deserves to be one of the books of the year and provides a stellar finale to a knockout series.” – Nerd Daily

'A fiendishly-plotted mystery that kept me guessing until the very end.' – Laura Purcell, bestselling author of The Silent Companions

'Twisty, compulsive and so, so clever' – Savannah Brown, author of The Truth About Keeping Secrets

Loved it

Didn’t see the ending coming, had a great time listening to this story! Looove Holly Jackson’s mysteries!!

Great read

Intriguing mystery with loveable characters. Just when you think you know what happened, Holly Jackson just flips everything upside down.

Twists and turns

I loved this book! It has so many twists and turns. I can’t wait to listen to it again now I know the ending.