The Child, Paperback

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One of the most highly anticipated thrillers of the year--as seen in People, Entertainment Weekly, Time, USA Today, Bustle, Good Housekeeping. com, Hello Giggles, The Boston Globe, Pure Wow, The Dallas Morning News, and more ``The Child is a perfect blend of beach read and book club selection. It's a fascinating and fitting follow-up to Barton's] best-selling debut novel, The Widow. . . . A] page-turning whodunit....A novel that is both fast-paced and thought-provoking, it keeps the reader 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 ``A lightning-paced, twisty story with an ending so surprising you might have to read it twice.``--Good Housekeeping. com ``Multiple narratives mean non-stop action in The Child...Like her fellow novelists, Fiona Barton knows showing is better than telling because it allows for the reader's perspective...whether the conclusion occasions a shock or an 'aha ' doesn't matter; it's satisfying due to all the work that's gone into its discovery.``--NPR. org The author of the stunning New York Times bestseller The Widow returns with a brand-new novel of twisting psychological suspense. As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers human remains, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, it's a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who has been found at the building site? As Kate investigates, she unearths connections to a crime that rocked the city decades earlier: A child was stolen from the maternity ward in a local hospital and was never found. Her heartbroken parents were left devastated by the loss. But there is more to the story, and Kate is drawn--house by house-