My Wife Is Missing

A woman disappears with her two children and her husband will do anything to find them—even confront past secrets—in this contemporary thriller.

A family vacation turns into a nightmare for Michael Hart when he discovers his wife has disappeared from their New York City hotel room. Michael’s frantic search to find them takes a shocking turn when he discovers that Natalie, appears to have left quite willingly, taking their children with her. The police want to know why, and so does Michael. But there may be a reason why Natalie ran, something Michael can’t tell the police—the truth about his past.

Natalie thinks she has Michael all figured out and has hatched a plan to escape from him permanently. One detail threatens to derail her efforts: sleep—or more accurately, the lack of it. Since the moment the shocking revelations about her husband came to light, Natalie’s insomnia has worsened to the point that she now suffers from delusions.

Are her fears about Michael valid—or a symptom of her condition? With her children’s lives at risk, the stakes for Natalie could not be higher. On her own, running low on resources, avoiding increasingly close calls with Michael—who is closing in fast—Natalie needs someone to turn to for help. But who can she trust when she can’t even trust herself?

“An ingenious guessing game . . .Palmer once again shows he’s a master of suspense.” —Publishers Weekly