‘Mummy, she’s gone…’
Gemma Ballantine is getting ready for work one morning when her eldest child comes running down the stairs, saying the words every mother dreads.
The front door is open. And her six-year-old daughter has disappeared. Frantic with fear, Gemma starts a nail-biting search for her little girl.
After what feels like forever, her mother-in-law Diane finds Katie wandering lost a few streets away. Relieved to have her youngest child back in her arms, breathing in the sweet scent of her hair, Gemma thinks the nightmare is over.
But then her perfect family starts to fall apart.
And she realises it’s only just beginning…
From the top ten bestselling author of The Secret Mother and The Child Next Door, this completely addictive psychological thriller of secrets, lies and betrayal will make you gasp out loud at the heart-stopping final twist. If you loved Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Sister this book is for you.
My Review
This book had me gripped from the first page when Katie goes missing. At first, I thought it would be a story about a missing child but when Gemma's mother-in-law finds Katie a few minutes later it sets in motion a very different chain of events. Every woman who has to juggle a home, job, childcare and in-laws will appreciate Gemma's dilemma as she sees her 'perfect family' disintegrate in front of her and is powerless to stop it. I loved the writing style and how easy it was to stay up until the early hours to find out what happened next. Having read so many 'gripping thrillers' I had the ending all worked out and then the author dropped an enormous bombshell right at the end. This book is brilliant!
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