In a large house in London''s fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. They''ve been dead for several days. Who has been looking after the baby? And where did they go? Two entangled families. A house with the darkest of secrets.
A compulsive new thriller from Lisa Jewell. ''Rich, dark and intricately … mehrtwisted , this enthralling whodunnit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect.
''I swear I didn''t breathe the whole time I was reading it. Gripping, pacy, brilliantly twisty.'' CLARE MACKINTOSH
''Creepy, intricate and utterly immersive: an excellent holiday read.'' GUARDIAN
''A twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.'' IAN RANKIN FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THEN SHE WAS GONE weniger