Lisa Hall

From best-selling author Lisa Hall, winner of the CWA Whodunnit Dagger 2025

A missing starlet.

An unsolved mystery.

Can Lily save Hollywood’s next big movie star?

Lily Jones is thrilled to find herself in the 1950s. She misses her 21st century life but has a blossoming romance with her musician friend Louis and her dream job working on a movie set.

The lead actress Kitty Fox is a rising star, yet Lily recalls that after this movie she goes missing, her disappearance an unsolved mystery that barely makes a ripple in Hollywood history.

But as Lily begins to understand the brutal studio system of Hollywood in the 1950s she wonders if there might be something sinister at play behind Kitty’s vanishing.

Whatever happened to Kitty Fox? Can Lily save her and change the course of history?

An unforgettable, twisty time-hop mystery perfect for fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and movie-lovers everywhere.

Readers can't get enough of The Strange Disappearance of Kitty Fox:

‘As twisty and glamorous as the lemon peel in a martini... pacy, page-turning...will keep you guessing to the very final reel.' Joanna Dodd

'This mashup of mystery, time-bending fantasy, and a touch of classic noir will keep readers up all night dying to find out whodunnit. This mightjust be your next favourite book.' Elena Taylor