Two girls go missing, decades apart. What would you do if one was your daughter?
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 Emmaโs 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 Graceโs picture in the newspaper. Itโs a photograph that jolts her from the pain of her existence into a spiralling obsession with another girl โ the first girl who disappeared...
This is a gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist that will take your breath away.
โAn intense domestic thriller, twists and turns galore, and a host of family secrets. An absorbing read.โ Paul Finch, bestselling author of Strangers
โAn intelligent, taut and compelling thrillerโ Sam Carrington, bestselling author of Saving Sophie
โCarpenter emerges as an addictive new talentโ Helen Fields, bestselling author of DI Callanach series
โThe plot is seamlessโ Amanda Robson, author of Obsession
Libby Carpenter lives in Preston with her family. She completed a BA in English Literature and Language with the Open University in 2011.
Libby was awarded a Northern Writersโ New Fiction award, and was longlisted for Yeovil Literary Prize (2015 and 2016) and the MsLexia Womenโs Novel award (2015). She loves living in the north of England and sets most of her stories in the area, including the novel she is writing at the moment. She currently works as a book keeper.