From the critically acclaimed author ofInvisible CityandConviction, Julia Dahl'sThe Missing Hoursis a novel about obsession, privilege, and the explosive consequences of one violent act.
From a distance, Claudia Castro has it all: a famous family, a trust fund, thousands of Instagram followers, and a spot in NYUs freshman class. But look closer, and things are messier: her parents are separating, shes just been humiliated by a sleazy documentary, and her sister is about to have a baby with a man she barely knows.
Claudia starts the school year resolved to find a path toward something positive, maybe even meaningful and then one drunken night everything changes. Reeling, her memory hazy, Claudia cuts herself off from her family, seeking solace in a new friendship. But when the rest of school comes back from spring break, Claudia is missing.
Suddenly, the whole city is trying to piece together the hours of that terrible night.
Julia Dahl is the author of
Conviction,
Run You Down, and
Invisible City, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, one of the
Boston Globes Best Books of 2014, and has been translated into eight languages. A former reporter for the
New York Postand CBS News, she now teaches journalism at NYU.
Praise forThe Missing Hours
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An adventure thriller. . .a great reckoning with the moment we find ourselves in. New York Times Book Review
The Missing Hoursis a smart, thoughtful, and gripping book. You'll find it hard to put this novel down. Oxygen, September Book Club Pick
[A] fast-paced, piercing evaluation of the aftermath of sexual assault. . . Dahl, who wrote the phenomenal Edgar Award-nominated Rebekah Roberts mystls,
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