Among the Missing

Praise

Advance praise for Among the Missing
 
“This remarkable novel has an abundance of suspense at its core, put forth in beautiful prose that all but glows on the page….The author keeps a jittery tension going as the novel spins toward its violent, grand-scaled finale. Like most thrillers with a literary bent, this one spends time with the thoughts and feelings of the characters. In lesser hands, this can be stultifying, especially if the people aren’t that interesting. But these two women have fascinating inner lives, and Joss details them in vivid, propulsive language.”

—Booklist (starred review)

“A haunting, harrowing punch to the heart, Among the Missing is flat-out brilliant.  About the secrets we keep, the lives we are desperate to live, and the chances we miss, it’s a psychological dazzler.  Truly, one of my favorite books of this year—or any year.”
—Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You

“Morag Joss has composed a thought-provoking pageturner, enwrapped it in beautiful language, and drawn characters you will be unable to shake.  Among the Missing vividly displays both the loveliness and the tragic consequences that can arise from the freedom to start over.  
What Alice Sebold did for grief, Morag Joss has done for reconcilement.”
—David Cristofano, author of The Girl She Used to Be

“Morag Joss is a writer who knows the old truth that genuine suspense comes not from car chases or gunplay, but from the clash of conflicting hearts.  Her latest novel, Among the Missing, is evidence not of a rising talent, but of one already fully formed.”  
—Thomas H. Cook, author of The Fate of Katherine Carr
  
“Vivid, intelligently written and thought-provoking, Among the Missing is a twisty and unputdownable novel.  The high-wire tension builds with such subtlety and finesse that you won’t feel the shock of the ending until it’s already upon you.”  
—Linda Castillo, author of Breaking Silence
 
“Morag Joss’s haunting and beautifully written novel about the disenfranchised will pull you under, into the watery psyches of her characters. Told in their own distinct voices, their stories–individual and collective–will have you riveted to the stunning end.”  
—Heather Sharfeddin, author of Damaged Goods
 
“Like a ticking bomb, Morag Joss’s Among the Missing peels away the layers of human deception until what we are left with is a picture of ourselves. Among the Missing is the best thriller I’ve read in years.  Stunning and horrific, gentle yet terrifying, all at the same time. I loved this novel.”
—Robert Ellis, author of The Lost Witness

“This beautifully nuanced tale of intertwined lives, loves and losses should be read slowly, the better to savor Morag Joss’s exquisite prose. I tried…but the inexorable ticking of the tightly-wound plot had me racing to the end.”  
—Vicki Lane, author of Under the Skin

“The harrowing collapse of a Scottish bridge links three lost souls as they lurch toward an even more horrifying finale….Joss builds the relationships among her sad trio slowly, through excruciatingly subtle modulations of tone.  But the ending fully justifies every intimation of imminent doom.”  
—Kirkus

“Joss’ beautiful, evocative novel is filled with tension and suspense….this is a spectacular psychological thriller.”  
—Romantic Times Book Review