Name: The child
ISBN: 9780552172455

Fiona Barton

Als bij opgravingen een skelet van een baby wordt gevonden, blijkt het het kindje te zijn dat jaren eerder ontvoerd werd uit een kraamkliniek. Een journaliste die een goed verhaal ruikt, raakt steeds meer betrokken bij de zaak.

The child

As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton, 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 is the Building Site Baby? But there is more to the story, and Kate is drawn into the pasts of the people who once lived in this neighbourhood. And she soon finds herself the keeper of unexpected secrets that erupt in the lives of three women - and torn between what she can and cannot tell.

The Child

Izza

5 stars | I love a good slow-burn psychological thriller, and Fiona Barton sure knows how to write them well. I really enjoyed 'The Widow', but I enjoyed this one even more.

Madhuri Sridhara

4.5/5: Fiona Barton writes a story full of brilliant, relatable characters once again. Having read her debut novel a few months ago, I somehow had the feeling that this would be better and it didn't disappoint. The storyline, although not completely flawless had me hooked from the beginning and the book just proved that the author knows how to get into the mind of a woman!

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK ‘Clever and compelling. You’ll love THE CHILD’ Clare Mackintosh, author of LET ME LIE ‘An engrossing, irresistible story about the coming to light of a long-buried secret. An absolutely fabulous read - I loved it!’ Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR ‘Tense, tantalising and ultimately very satisfying . . . definitely one of the year's must-reads’ Lee Child ******** When a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy, most readers barely give it a glance. But for three strangers it’s impossible to ignore. For one woman, it’s a reminder of the worst thing that ever happened to her. For another, it reveals the dangerous possibility that her darkest secret is about to be discovered. And for the third, a journalist, it’s the first clue in a hunt to uncover the truth. The Child’s story will be told.

The must-read Richard and Judy Book Club pick 2018

Leah Patton

Man of man this was a brain-full. I can't tell just yet if I liked it or not. Review to come on www.theleafd.com

Jill Basilone

I would like to thank the author, NetGalley, and Berkley Publishing Group for providing me a free edition of this book. I was provided a book for an honest review. 

I am finding it hard to write my review because I was not really in love with this book. The main concept was incredibly interesting and could have been developed into an incredible story. Fiona Barton did that BUT I felt that the story fell flat at the end.

There were many twists and turns right from the beginning. The fact that the book is told from different perspectives keeps you guessing at exactly what happened in the past. Where did the infant come from? Who is the real mother? 

I will admit, I could not put the book down for the first 75%. By the 75% mark you had all the information you needed to figure out the mystery. I then felt that the last 25% was dragging on and on. I was just waiting for Kate to finally figure it out. The story was great. The progression of the facts was just okay.

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Megan Leprich

Can I just say this was sooo much better than The Widow? Am I the only one that has that opinion? I barely made it through but this one I could honestly not put down. 

Baby Alice was taken from her crib in the hospital in 1970 and forty some years later baby skeleton bones are dug up during construction. Alice's still grieving mother, Angela, hopes and prays that the skeletal remains are her childs' so she can finally have closure. Emma who was a resident in the 80s on the street where the remains were found hopes a long buried secret isn't about to come to light. Kate Waters (from The Widow) a reporter, is determined to find out the whole story behind the bones and befriends both women to find out more. 

The whole book is told from the three females different stand points and I loved every character and how they were written. Excellent, excellent book.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Widow returns with another stunning thriller about long buried secrets...

The child

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