A BEST DEBUT OF 2024 BY BBC, RED, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
 
'Such a beautiful story about friendship, community and family and secrets and what’s going on underneath'
ZOE BALL
 
'To read it is to feel that little bit better about life'
ELIZABETH DAY
 
'A beautiful mystery with heart'
ROB RINDER
 
'This is a heart-warming book'
EMMA HEALEY
 
Yorkshire, 1979
 
Maggie Thatcher is prime minister, drainpipe jeans are in, and Miv is convinced that her dad wants to move their family Down South.
 
Because of the murders.
 
Leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon simply isn't an option, no matter the dangers lurking round their way; or the strangeness at home that started the day Miv's mum stopped talking.

Perhaps if she could solve the case of the disappearing women, they could stay after all?
 
So, Miv and Sharon decide to make a list: a list of all the suspicious people and things down their street. People they know. People they don't.

But their search for the truth reveals more secrets in their neighbourhood, within their families - and between each other - than they ever thought possible.
 
What if the real mystery Miv needs to solve is the one that lies much closer to home?