Author: Fiona Barton

Category: Thrillers & Suspense

Regular price: $13.99

Deal price: $4.99

Deal starts: November 13, 2023

Deal ends: November 13, 2023

Description:

From the

New York Times

bestselling author of

The Widow

comes a twisting novel of psychological suspense—as seen in

People

,

Entertainment Weekly

,

Time

,

USA Today

, Bustle, Good Housekeeping.com, HelloGiggles,

The Boston Globe

, PureWow,

The Dallas Morning News

, and more!     “

The Child

 is a perfect blend of beach read and book club selection....[A] page-turning whodunit….A novel that is both fast-paced and thought-provoking.”—

USA Today

 

As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers human remains, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, it’s a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who has been found at the building site? As Kate investigates, she unearths connections to a crime that rocked the city decades earlier: A child was stolen from the maternity ward in a local hospital and was never found. Her heartbroken parents were left devastated by the loss. But there is more to the story, and Kate is drawn—house by house—into the pasts of the people who once lived in this neighborhood that has given up its greatest mystery. And she soon finds herself the keeper of unexpected secrets that erupt in the lives of three women—and torn between what she can and cannot tell...

An NPR Best Book of the YearA Bustle Best Thriller Novel of the Year