The Stopping Place

From the No. 1 Irish Times bestselling author of The Nowhere Girls and The Stolen Child comes a tense and emotional new thriller.-----A trip to France is exactly what best friends Cara and Alannah need. Cara's family life has imploded, and Alannah is tired of pretending to be someone she's not. Cara sets off on a solo Camino hike across the French Pyrenees, while Alannah stays in town to take a chocolate-making course. They promise to catch up each evening about their separate adventures before reuniting at the end.But on the second evening, there is radio silence from Cara, and Alannah starts to worry. Could her friend have gone off grid with a new flirtation, or is something more sinister at play? Desperate for answers, Alannah retraces Cara's footsteps along the Camino trail. But the further she goes, the more mysterious Cara's disappearance becomes, and she questions who she can trust. Where is Cara, and can Alannah find her before it's too late? ------Praise for Carmel Harrington:'A delightfully twisty mystery' Andrea Mara'This complex novel requires faultless plotting, and Harrington pulls it off with consummate ease' Sunday Times'Poignant, twisty and so compelling, I couldn't put The Nowhere Girls down' Claire Douglas'This high stakes search for the truth has some shocking twists and turns' Gilly Macmillan'One of the greatest twists I've ever read' Catherine Ryan Howard Readers can't get enough!'OMG! Unputdownable! Shocking! Brilliant! Amazing!''I love a book with a twist and this one was both unanticipated until the time was right, and believable - a rare combination! Add it to your pile!''Carmel Harrington at her best. Plot twists & turns on every page!'