The Missing Hours

'Gripping' Observer 'A one-sitting read' Jane Casey

'Compulsively readable' Mail on Sunday

She doesn't remember. He won't let her forget.

From a distance, Claudia Castro has it all: the famous family, the trust fund, thousands of Instagram followers, and a spot in NYU's freshman class. But then one drunken night everything changes.

Her memory hazy, Claudia cuts herself off from her family, seeking solace in a new friendship, but when the rest of school comes back from spring break, Claudia is missing.

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Julia Dahl was born and raised in Fresno, California and currently lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her husband and son. A former journalist, specializing in crime and criminal justice, she is the author of three novels in the Rebekah Roberts series including

Invisible City, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and won the Barry Award, the Shamus Award, and the Macavity Award for Best First Novel, and

Conviction.

The Missing Hours is her first standalone novel.