Twenty years ago, eight-year-old Charlotte Abernathy disappeared while playing near her family's house. Despite a frantic search, no trace of her was found until one year later, when she turned up with no memory of where she'd been. The mystery of her temporary absence was never solved.

Today, Charlotte has mostly put the ordeal behind her. When her eight-year-old niece vanishes in identical circumstances, however, Charlotte realizes that she finally has to uncover the truth. What really happened to her on that awful day? Where was she for an entire year, and how did she escape? And how has the same thing seemingly happened again?

The Girl Who Never Came Back is the story of a woman who has to finally face the horrors of her past, and about a family torn apart by an unsolved mystery.

First published: November 2013
Genre: Mystery
Series or Standalone: Standalone