When eight-year-old Grace goes missing from a sweetshop on the way home from school, her mother Emma is plunged into a nightmare. Her family rallies around, but as the police hunt begins, cracks begin to emerge.
What are the secret emails sent between Emmaâs husband and her sister? Why does her mother take so long to join the search? And is Emma really as innocent as she seems?
Meanwhile, ageing widow Maggie Taylor sees Graceâs picture in the newspaper. Itâs a photograph that jolts her from the pain of her existence into a spiralling obsession with another girl â the first girl who disappearedâŚ
This is a gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist that will take your breath away.
âAn intense domestic thriller, twists and turns galore, and a host of family secrets. An absorbing read.â Paul Finch, bestselling author of Strangers
âAn intelligent, taut and compelling thrillerâ Sam Carrington, bestselling author of Saving Sophie
âCarpenter emerges as an addictive new talentâ Helen Fields
âThe plot is seamlessâ Amanda Robson, author of Obsession