The Mute

Ten years after the tragic disappearance of his fiancée, Damian Werner is sure he’ll never see her again. But one day, someone posts online a photo of a girl very much like Eve on a missing persons portal. Is it nothing more than a coincidence? Yet the unknown person uploads a second photo almost immediately—Eve’s photograph that Werner himself took a few days before she disappeared and hadn’t shown anyone since. Who, besides him, is looking for Eve? After all these years, everyone—including the police—believed she was no longer alive… Damian knew his fiancée since childhood; they were inseparable. But in his search for answers, he finds out that he hadn’t known her nearly everything…

A national bestseller in Poland. The most popular writer in the country. Over 3 million copies of the author’s books sold. In Poland, his book sales don’t lag behind Stephen King, Dan Brown, Paula Hawkins, and Harlan Coben. This novel is a cry for help, a passionate protest against domestic violence, and a nightmare behind closed doors. Its events are taken from real life—which is why they’re so realistic and shocking… For those who know that silence is the loudest scream. If I had proposed a minute earlier, it would never have happened. We wouldn’t have been attacked, I wouldn’t have ended up in the hospital, and Eve would never have vanished forever from my life…

Ten years after the tragic disappearance of his fiancée, Damian Werner is sure he’ll never see her again. But one day, someone posts online a photo of a girl very much like Eve on a missing persons portal. Is it nothing more than a coincidence? Yet the unknown person uploads a second photo almost immediately—Eve’s photograph that Werner himself took a few days before she disappeared and hadn’t shown anyone since. Who, besides him, is looking for Eve? After all these years, everyone—including the police—believed she was no longer alive… Damian knew his fiancée since childhood; they were inseparable. But in his search for answers, he finds out that he hadn’t known her nearly everything…

“First we discovered Stieg Larsson, then Jo Nesbø. Now it’s time for a new sensation author who bursts into our world. With his new novel Mrozz begins a powerful new wave of Polish thrillers.” — Tess Gerritsen

“Remigiusz Mróz is the hottest author in Polish crime fiction.” — Newsweek

“This story grabs you by the throat and gets under your skin—terrifying and painfully realistic.” — Cosmopolitan

“Shocking and impossible to forget until the very end. This novel is more than just a great thriller.” — Gazeta.pl

“Mrozz proves that he’s a master at surprises.” — NaTemat

“A conceptual thriller. An incredible ending makes us remember the very best Hollywood screenplays.” — Kurier Poranny