Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa First Novel Award
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award
'Mesmerising, compulsive, deliciously dark' LUCY FOLEY
Carmel is missing - but doesn't know she's lost.
When sensitive, distracted eight-year-old Carmel becomes separated from her mother at a local children's festival, a man claiming to be her estranged grandfather finds her - and takes her.
Unable to accept the possibility that her daughter might be gone for good, Beth makes it her mission to find her. But in what she's told is her new family, Carmel has embarked on an extraordinary journey, one that will make her question who she is - and who she might become.
'Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip . . . What's most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation.' CELESTE NG
**Carmel and Beth's story continues in The Lost Girls - pre-order now!**
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571313266
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 307 g
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 22 mm
Edition: Main
Another fantastic unputdownable book! A brilliant psychological thriller that plays on every parents nightmare - a missing child. The story pulls you straight in from the first page and builds you up right until that... More
I thought that this book was extremely well written and captivated my attention from the very first sentence. This book is about little 8 year old Carmel Wakeford who tragically becomes seperated from her parents at a... More
The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer was a compelling read. Single mum Beth is devoted to her only child, eight year old Carmel. Carmel's father is just resurfacing in Carmel's life, when mother and... More
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