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WORDS BY CHARLOTTE GRIFFITHS NIGHT FALLS, STILL MISSING
CAMBRIDGE-BASED WRITER HELEN CALLAGHAN DELIVERS ANOTHER RIVETING THRILLER THAT COVERS COMPLEX FEMALE FRIENDSHIPS, TWISTING PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF HISTORY IN A TENSE AND GRIPPING TALE. AS THE ARCHAEOLOGY IS SLOWLY UNEARTHED, SO TOO ARE THE SECRETS...
readers pondering the question: just how far would you go for your very best friend? Published at the end of July, Night Falls is Helen Callaghan’s fourth book. “It feels really strange to have a book come out in lockdown, because normally I’d be going round bookshops, signing stock, talking to people and so on – but because you can’t do that, it all feels strangely unfinished,” she says. “I made the switch to online events and am working with local libraries – which is all very nice, but normally
Madison isn’t there to meet her – and her dig colleagues didn’t realise she was missing. As Fiona starts investigating her friend’s disappearance, everything starts to unravel – and soon it’s Fiona who’s in danger herself. Night Falls, Still Missing is undeniably a thriller – and an extremely gripping one at that – but it’s also a cleverly observed book about female friendship, and the often complex and shifting nature of relationships between women, leaving
riends Madison and Fiona have known each other since childhood: studying together, sharing their lives and staying deeply connected in spite of the fact that the two women seem to have grown apart. Both work in archaeology – so when Madison sends a text begging for help from her current dig on a small windswept island in Orkney, Fiona drops everything and rushes up the country to be with her old friend. Yet upon Fiona’s arrival,
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