Murder Mystery Book Club - The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell

Join us for a lively discussion of award-winning writer Lisa Jewell's 2021 novel, variously described as "Deeply satisfying", "Unbelievably good" and "Her best thriller yet".

Midsummer 2017: teenage mum Tallulah heads out on a date, leaving her baby son at home with her mother, Kim. At 4.30 am, Kim awakens to discover that Tallulah has not come home. Friends tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a pool party at a house in the woods nearby. But Tallulah never returns.

2018: walking in the woods behind the boarding school where her boyfriend has just started as a head teacher, Sophie sees a sign nailed to a fence. A sign that says: DIG HERE...

You can read or listen to the book (read by Joanne Froggatt on Audible)... We predict you'll be gripped from the first page.

We will meet in the Castle Inn on Castle Hill at 7pm in the hour before IVC Pub night - feel free to stay on for drinks afterwards! The Castle is a quaint traditional pub offering a full range of drinks, including real ales and pub food.

Parking is free in the Shire Hall car park from 7pm.

Books to look forward to in the coming months:
- An English Murder by Cyril Hare
- Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
- How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
- The Guest List by Lucy Foley
- The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens