Super Short Summary

In Janelle Brown’s Watch Me Disappear (2017), a mystery with thriller elements, a local woman disappears and everyone assumes she is dead. However, her daughter has visions that she’s still alive and sets out to discover the truth. Critics praise the book for its exploration of the stories we tell ourselves about our loved ones and how we often don’t know people as well as we think. The book explores themes of addiction, familial neglect, and nontraditional family dynamics.