We call them the sleepers . . .At the elite Missing Persons bureau of the Federal Police, Mila Vasquez is tasked with finding the hundreds of lost people who vanished from their former lives. The longer they are gone, the more they are forgotten by the world.Now they are returning.Appearing at random and wielding devastation, they enact a horrifying pattern of murders, leaving Mila scrabbling to discover where they have come from and what they want. Yet the deeper into the case she gets, Mila begins to realise that her colleagues are hiding something from her – something which will jeopardise everything . . .Set in the world of Carrisi’s record-breaking debut, The Whisperer, The Vanished Ones is intelligent, thrilling and incredibly compelling.

* Promoted through The Crime Vault website and social media channels * Publication day discussions through @AbacusBooks * Cross-promotional author Q&A between Donato Carrisi and Maurizio de GiovanniAbout the AuthorDonato Carrisi was born in 1973 and studied law and criminology. He won four Italian literature prizes for his bestselling debut The Whisperer. Since 1999 he has been working as a TV screenwriter, and he lives in Rome.ReviewsGruesome and gripping . . . a taut psychological thriller – The Times on The Whisperer

More than delivers on its ghoulish promise . . . you might not want to read this alone in the house – Time Out on The Whisperer

The Whisperer is one hell of a ride. This story screams high tension, high stakes and high velocity – Michael Connelly

A gripping read . . . I defy anyone to guess the denouement – Guardian on The WhispererBook InformationISBN 9780349140032Author Donato CarrisiFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint AbacusPublisher Little, Brown Book GroupWeight(grams) 360gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 32mm