William Morrow Paperbacks
April 2018
On Sale: March 27, 2018
320 pages ISBN: 0062473638 EAN: 9780062473639 Kindle: B01LZ3TW5L Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
An addictive novel of psychological suspense from the award-winning author of Night Night, Sleep Tight, about three generations of women haunted by a little girlβs disappearance, and the porcelain doll that may hold the key to the truth
Seven-year-old Lissie Woodham and her four-year-old sister Janey were playing with their porcelain dolls in the front yard when an adorable puppy scampered by. Eager to pet the pretty dog, Lissie chased after the pup as it ran down the street. When she returned to the yard, Janeyβs precious doll was gone . . . and so was Janey.
Forty years after Janey went missing, Lisβnow a mother with a college-age daughter of her ownβstill blames herself for what happened. Every year on the anniversary of her sisterβs disappearance, their mother, Miss Sorrel, places a classified ad in the local paper with a picture of the toy Janey had with her that dayβa one-of-a-kind porcelain dollβ offering a generous cash reward for its return. For years, thereβs been no response. But this year, the doll came home.
It is the first clue in a decades-old mystery that is about to turn into something far more sinisterβendangering Lis and the lives of her mother and daughter as well. Someone knows the truth about what happened all those years ago, and is desperate to keep it hidden.
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