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Emily Gunnis

    This author's lifelong passion for storytelling was ignited in childhood, drawing inspiration from her mother, also a writer. After studying journalism and exploring scriptwriting, she channeled her innate love for narratives into her debut novel. Driven by a profound internal world and a dedication to the craft, her writing transports readers into unique, imagined realms. She is committed to honing her narrative skills and meticulously researching themes for her subsequent works.

    Emily Gunnis
    Das Geheimnis des Mädchens
    The Girl in the Letter
    The Lost Child
    The Midwife's Secret
    The Girls Left Behind
    The Girl in the Letter: The most gripping, heartwrenching page-turner of the year
    • 2023

      The emotional and thrilling new novel from the global bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE LETTER Emily Gunnis. A heartwrenching story of a girl disappeared, a terrible wrong and powerful people with something to hide...

      The Girls Left Behind
    • 2021

      The Midwife's Secret

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.0(3628)Add rating

      Internationally bestselling author Emily Gunnis returns with the gripping, heartwrenching tale of two girls gone missing from the same house, decades apart, and the heartrending story of an innocent midwife which holds the key to their disappearance.

      The Midwife's Secret
    • 2020

      The author of the bestselling THE GIRL IN THE LETTER is back with a twisting, nail-biting and heartwrenching novel of a decades-old murder and a shocking secret.

      The Lost Child
    • 2019
    • 2019

      The Girl in the Letter

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.9(475)Add rating

      "I was gripped by The Girl in the Letter. The story is compelling, twisty, heart-wrenching and thought-provoking. A novel that stays with you" --Sophie Kinsella Perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Kathryn Hughes, this gripping novel of long-buried secrets will stay with you for ever. A heartbreaking letter. A girl locked away. A mystery to be solved. 1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls pregnant she is sent in disgrace to St Margaret's, a dark, brooding house for unmarried mothers. Her baby is adopted against her will. Ivy will never leave. Present day. Samantha Harper is a journalist desperate for a break. When she stumbles on a letter from the past, the contents shock and move her. The letter is from a young mother, begging to be rescued from St Margaret's. Before it is too late. Sam is pulled into the tragic story and discovers a spate of unexplained deaths surrounding the woman and her child. With St Margaret's set for demolition, Sam has only hours to piece together a sixty-year-old mystery before the truth, which lies disturbingly close to home, is lost for ever... Read her letter. Remember her story... 'What a heartfelt emotional story, made even more so because it's based on a shocking truth. I raced through it, involved, moved and gripped' Fanny Blake

      The Girl in the Letter