The Child
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An NPR Best Book of the YearA Bustle Best Thriller Novel of the Year
The Childisa perfect blend of beach read and book club selection. Its afascinating and fitting follow-up to [Bartons] best-selling debut novel,The Widow. . . .[A] page-turning whodunit.A novel that is both fast-paced and thought-provoking, it keeps thereader guessing right to the end.USA Today
Fiona Barton brings back reporter Kate Waters from the best-selling The Widow and delivers another winner with The Child.A truly engaging tale. Those who enjoyed The Widow will discover that Barton has only gotten better.The Associated Press
An engrossing, irresistible story about the coming to light of a long-buried secret and an absolutely fabulous readI loved it!Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
Tense, tantalizing, and ultimately very satisfyingdefinitely one of the years must-reads.Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author
The author of the stunning New York Times bestseller The Widow returns with a brand-new novel of twisting psychological suspense, now in paperback.
As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers human remains, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, its a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but she's at a loss for answers. As Kate investigates, she unearths connections to a crime that rocked the city decades earlier. A newborn baby was stolen from the maternity ward in a local hospital and was never found.
But there is more to the story, and Kate is drawnhouse by houseinto the pasts of the people who once lived in this neighborhood that has given up its greatest mystery. She soon finds herself the keeper of unexpected secrets that erupt in the lives of three womenand torn between what she can and cannot tell