{"product_id":"never-to-be-found","title":"Jo Spain: Never To Be Found [2026]","description":"She''ll help anyone in need. But did she just save a killer?\u003cbr\u003eThere is a chilling phenomenon in Japan know n as Johatsu - people w ho vanish\u003cbr\u003evoluntarily from their lives. It''s said 100,000 people per year are Johatsu, and an\u003cbr\u003eentire industry has sprung up to support those w ho choose to.\u003cbr\u003eLife is hard. For some people, it''s just too much.\u003cbr\u003eThat''s w hat I thought w hen I brought the concept to England. People w ill disappear\u003cbr\u003eanyw ay. W hat if I could help them? So I pack their belongings discreetly, create\u003cbr\u003enew identities, forge documents, give directions to the cities and tow ns w here the\u003cbr\u003e''night-mover'' can live anonymously.\u003cbr\u003eIt''s just a business. I never saw it as a shameful act. I''ve helped people flee from\u003cbr\u003eabusive relationships, from w ork pressure, from debt, from unfulfilled lives. People\u003cbr\u003ein need.\u003cbr\u003eI consider w hat I do to be honourable.\u003cbr\u003eUntil now that is.\u003cbr\u003eBecause I''ve just learned that I''m not absent of responsibility. That I am capable of\u003cbr\u003edoing a terrible thing.\u003cbr\u003eThat it''s not just a business.\u003cbr\u003eI helped somebody flee from a crime. From the police.\u003cbr\u003eI evaporated a murderer.\u003cbr\u003eAnd if I don''t find him, I can''t live with what he might do next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJo Spain is the author of thirteen bestselling thrillers, including her three No.1s, The\u003cbr\u003eTrial (Ireland), The Confession (Ireland) and Dirty Little Secrets (Audible). She is\u003cbr\u003etranslated into seventeen languages and w as nominated as Irish author of the\u003cbr\u003eyear in 2024.\u003cbr\u003eJo is also a full-time screenw riter. Along w ith her w riting partner, David Logan, she\u003cbr\u003ehas been commissioned for the fifth season of Harry W ild, a series they show run,\u003cbr\u003eco-w rite and executive produce, starring Jane Seymour. Jo and David also co-w rote\u003cbr\u003eand exec produced 2024''s The Boy That Never W as, and show ran and w rote Mix\u003cbr\u003eTape, w hich has already w on the audience choice aw ard at SXSW , the prestigious\u003cbr\u003eU.S. festival, w hich launched Hacks and Beef.\u003cbr\u003eJo is currently adapting Emma Curtis'' novel Invite Me In for RTE as w ell as her ow n,\u003cbr\u003eThe Trial, w ith Metropolitan Pictures (W ednesday\/The Banshees of Inisherin\/The\u003cbr\u003eTourist). Her books Don''t Look Back and The Last to Disappear are also in development.","brand":"Spain, Jo","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":54533130486099,"sku":"XV81785129377","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":51268123263315,"sku":"9781785129377","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/spain-jo-never-to-be-found-9781785129377-1175299532.jpg?v=1786283305","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/never-to-be-found","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}