The Act of Disappearing : A Novel

  A page-turning debut novel about a haunting photograph that captured a women’s death, and the young writer hired to investigate the incredible, heartbreaking story behind it, for fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Fiona Davis. "Hauntingly beautiful.”—Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue“A thrilling story, remarkably told.”—Lara Prescott, New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets We KeptJulia White is struggling: her bartending job isn’t cutting it and her first book has sold hardly any copies. She’s broke, barely able to make ends meet while drowning in her late mother’s medical bills and reeling after a one-night stand with her ex-boyfriend, who’s now completely ghosted her. Enter Johnathan Aster, world-renowned photographer, with a proposal: he has a never-before-seen photograph of a woman falling from a train bridge, clutching what appears to be a baby. And he wants Julia to research the story.Alternating between present-day