The Return of Ellie Black

By Emiko Jean

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Return of Ellie Black is a 2024 thriller by Emiko Jean, published in the UK as The Next Girl. Two years after she disappeared, teenager Ellie Black is found alive in a Washington forest but refuses to say what happened. Detective Chelsey Calhoun, haunted by her own past, races to find her abductor.

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• Stephen King: “The Return of Ellie Black is a page-turning suspense novel, a shrewd character study, and a captivating mystery, all at the same time. The last fifty pages are magnetic. I couldn't put it down until I'd experienced every last twist and turn.”