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When You Disappeared

By: John Marrs
Narrated by: Simon Mattacks, Elizabeth Knowelden
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All she wanted was the truth, but she’ll wish she never found out.

When Catherine wakes up alone one morning, she thinks her husband has gone for a run before work. But Simon never makes it to the office. His running shoes are by the front door. Nothing is missing—except him.

Catherine knows Simon must be in trouble. He wouldn’t just leave her. He wouldn’t leave the children.

But Simon knows the truth—about why he left and what he’s done. He knows things about his marriage that it would kill Catherine to find out. The memories she holds on to are lies.

While Catherine faces a dark new reality at home, Simon’s halfway around the world, alive and thriving. He’s doing whatever it takes to stay one step ahead of the truth.

But he can’t hide forever, and when he reappears twenty-five years later, Catherine will finally learn who he is.

And wish she’d stayed in the dark.

Revised edition: Previously published as The Wronged Sons, this edition of When You Disappeared includes editorial revisions.

When You Disappeared returns with a fresh cover. This version incorporates an exclusive epilogue; while this enhances the reading experience, the main narrative is unchanged from earlier editions.

©2014, 2017, 2025 by John Marrs. (P)2017, 2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Marriage Scary
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This is one of the best audible books I have listened to. An excellent dark original storyline. There are plenty of surprises along the way. Just enough characters to keep it interesting but not so many as to be confusing. The narrators were excellent too. I'm sorry it's finished.

Compelling page turner

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Narration just ok. Some chapters better than others. A bit weak.
Story was also a bit bland for me. Average. Not bad but not one I’d recommend as a good read.

Ok Story but not great

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throughly enjoyed very twisty and had lots of surprises and keeps you on your toes the whole way through

twisty

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I love John’s book, this is the first one that I have found predictable. It is well written and the narration is absolutely brilliant, but to me it lacked the usual John Marrs’s magic. I predicted the whole plot before I was even a third of the way through. That isn’t to say I didn’t like it, it is a good book but in my opinion not a great one, and not as good as his later work.

A good, but not great, read

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I can’t pick out just one thing I loved about this book I found it absolutely absorbing, narration
excellent and the story - well just read it, you won’t be disappointed

Fantastic read

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