The Stopping Place: the heart-stopping new emotional thriller from the author of The Nowhere Girls
About this ebook
Two friends, a hidden trail and a frantic search for the truth. The brand-new gripping thriller from No. 1 bestselling author Carmel Harrington is available to pre-order now.
'Carmel Harrington is a superb chronicler of family dynamics' SUNDAY TIMES
A trip to France is exactly what best friends Cara and Alannah need. Cara's family life has imploded, and Alannah is tired of pretending to be someone she's not.
Cara sets off on a solo Camino hike across the French Pyrenees, while Alannah stays in town to take a chocolate-making course. They promise to catch up each evening about their separate adventures before reuniting at the end.
But on the second evening, there is radio silence from Cara, and Alannah starts to worry. Could her friend have gone off grid with a new flirtation, or is something more sinister at play?
Desperate for answers, Alannah retraces Cara's footsteps along the Camino trail. But the further she goes, the more mysterious Cara's disappearance becomes, and she questions who she can trust.
Where is Cara, and can Alannah find her before it's too late?
Readers love Carmel Harrington:
'A delightfully twisty mystery' ANDREA MARA
'This complex novel requires faultless plotting, and Harrington pulls it off with consummate ease' SUNDAY TIMES
'Poignant, twisty and so compelling' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'ngenious plotting, characters you will fall in love with, exquisite writing and heart-stopping twists and revelations' EDEL COFFEY
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About the author
Carmel Harrington is a No. 1 bestselling and award-winning author from Ireland. Her novels are published internationally and have been Irish Times, USA Today and Kindle bestsellers.
Her most recent novel, The Stolen Child, was an Irish Times No. 1 bestseller, a Good Housekeeping Good Books winner, and was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Crime Fiction Book of the Year. It was also a Sunday Times Best Crime Fiction of the Year pick. Carmel's next book, The Last Bench, has been chosen by the Reading Agency as one of their Quick Reads for April 2026.
Carmel is a regular on Irish television and radio, has been a guest speaker at literary events in Ireland, the UK and the USA, and served as Chair of the Wexford Literary Festival for three years. She lives in Wexford with her husband, children and rescue dog George Bailey.
