The woman who vanished

door Xandra Lammers

‘When a woman enters a forest alone, there is always someone who sees her …’ Lisa Small, the mother of Chloe, is married to Henry, university researcher working on his dissertation entitled ‘The Growth of a Cucumber Without Light’. Following a marital fight, she leaves their home, not knowing whether she will ever return. After driving around for some time, she ends up in a hotel near a river, where she books a room. That night she dines with Gerald, who she has met in the hotel restaurant. Gerald...