num_pages: 304
description: The New York Times Best Thrillers of 2021 Steamily atmospheric . . . A twisted Gothic tale emotional in its language and febrile in its atmosphere and it will appeal to readers who love to hear about obsession repression . . . and poetic justice.The New York Times Book Review Louisa is the new scholarship student at Temple House a drafty imposing cliffside boarding school full of girls as chilly as the mansion itself. There is one other outsider an intense and compelling student provocateur named Victoria and the two girls form a fierce bond. But their friendship is soon unsettled by a young art teacher Mr. Lavelle whose charismatic presence ignites tension and obsession in the cloistered world of the school. Then one day Louisa and Mr. Lavelle vanish without a trace never to be found. Now on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the disappearance one journalista woman who grew up on the same street as Louisadelves into the past determined to uncover the truth. She finds stories of jealousy and revenge power and class. But might she find Louisa and Mr. Lavelle too? Told in alternating points of view The Temple House Vanishing is tense atmospheric and page-turning . . . with a shocking ingenious conclusion. An Irish Bestseller and finalist for the Irish Book Awards Newcomer of the Year 
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title: The Temple House Vanishing
publisher: Algonquin Books