52 pages • 1 hour read
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Just Another Missing Person is Gillian McAllister’s eighth novel, published in 2023 by William Morrow. McAllister achieved widespread popularity with her seventh novel, Wrong Place, Wrong Time, a New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club Pick in 2022. She began her career as a writer while a solicitor, writing on nights and weekends, completing her first book, Everything but the Truth, in 2017. Her books are known for their unrelenting pace, suspense, and imaginative plot twists.
This guide refers to the 2023 William Morrow e-book edition.
Plot Summary
Just Another Missing Person tells the story of Julia Day, a detective with the Portishead police, as she investigates the case of a missing woman, Olivia Johnson. The narrative is told through four points of view: Julia’s, Olivia’s, Lewis’s (the father of another missing woman), and Emma’s (the mother of Lewis’s daughter’s boyfriend).
Julia is out to dinner with her husband, Art, and daughter, Genevieve, when she receives a call from work. A woman named Olivia Johnson is missing, and Julia will oversee the investigation. Arriving at the station, she runs into an informant, Price, and gives him a cup of tea. Looking over the case with her closest friend and second-in-command, Unlock all 52 pages of this Study Guide Plus, gain access to 8,850+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features: