โ Scribed by Laura Lippman
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A truly scary thriller by this well-known author, formerly a reporter on the Baltimore Sun. Alice and Ronnie, aged 11, are on their way home in disgrace after Ronnie has hit their hostess, when they see a baby stroller with a baby girl sleeping in it, left without anyone nearby on the top steps of a house. They take the child to look after it, and four days later the child is found dead by a young detective policewoman. The girls are arrested, found guilty and incarcerated. Then, aged 18, they are released from their separate prisons. Another child goes missing and the same detective gets the case. All is not as it seems to be, and the unravelling of what happened makes a brilliantly creepy story with superb characters and a great deal of atmosphere.
A breathtaking first stand-alone thriller from the acclaimed author of the Tess Monaghan series.
Library : General
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780060506681
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