Rosamund Lupton

After a house fire leaves Grace and her daugher, Jenny, in the hospital, Grace must find the true culprit before Jenny's life is once again in danger--and before her mute son is convicted for an arson he didn't commit. By the author of Sister. 60,000 first printing.

Afterwards

Tanya Sutton

"I did the whole making muffins for bake sales and going on trips and being there for homework and inviting friends around. All of that. But I didn't know how to do what was important."

Grace Covy, mother of two and part-time writer for her local newspaper, races to rescue her daughter when a fire engulfs the posh private school they attend on Sports Day. Upon arriving at the hospital, Grace and Jenny, both badly injured in the fire, are outside their bodies, able to communicate with only each other. The situation becomes even more dire when the police close the case but Grace realizes they've collared the wrong suspect...and the real arsonist still wants Jenny dead.

A unique kind of mystery, this book took off full-bore from the start and never relented in terms of pace and emotional punch. Lupton's writing is superb, and as a former screenwriter she knows how to write a cliffhanger, leaving you unable to leave off after "just one more chapter." The characters are wonderfully drawn and fully fleshed out, not cookie-cutter as it would have been so easy to do. While part of the ending was a bit predictable, the whodunit portion of the mystery kept me guessing right up to the end.

After a house fire leaves Grace and her daughter, Jenny, in the hospital, Grace must find the true culprit before Jenny's life is once again in danger—and before her mute son is convicted for an arson he didn't commit. By the author of Sister. Reprint.

Afterwards

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