Elizabeth is Missing ITALIAN STUDIES sitting all alone on a

sitting all alone on a bench

compelling for its honesty and relatability as much as for the instructions we can all use to balance the books of our lives

on the joys of prospecting

a path he feared would lead to an endless civil war

Rebecca Goss again draws on her distinctive ability to plough difficult

Elizabeth is Missing ITALIAN STUDIES sitting all alone on aA mystery, an unsolved crime and one of the most unforgettable characters since Mark Haddon's Christopher. Meet Maud. . . 'Elizabeth is missing', reads the note in Maud's pocket in her own handwriting. Lately, Maud's been getting forgetful. She keeps buying peach slices when she has a cupboard full, forgets to drink the cups of tea she's made and writes notes to remind herself of things. But Maud is determined to discover what has happened to her