The Lost Child - by Emily Gunnis (Paperback)

About the Book

A tragic death. A missing baby. A long-kept secret... 1960. Thirteen-year-old Rebecca lives in fear of her father's temper. As a storm batters Seaview Cottage one night, she hears a visitor at the door and a violent argument ensues. By the time the police arrive, Rebecca's parents are dead and the visitor has fled. No one believes Rebecca heard a stranger downstairs... 2014. Iris, a journalist, is sent to cover the story of a new mother on the run with her desperately ill baby. But fatefully the trail leads to the childhood home of Iris's own mother, Rebecca...Seaview Cottage. As Iris races to unravel what happened the night Rebecca's parents were killed, it's time for Seaview Cottage to give up its secrets.

Book Synopsis

A tragic death. A missing baby. A long-kept secret...

1960. Thirteen-year-old Rebecca lives in fear of her father's temper. As a storm batters Seaview Cottage one night, she hears a visitor at the door and a violent argument ensues. By the time the police arrive, Rebecca's parents are dead and the visitor has fled. No one believes Rebecca heard a stranger downstairs...

2014. Iris, a journalist, is sent to cover the story of a new mother on the run with her desperately ill baby. But fatefully the trail leads to the childhood home of Iris's own mother, Rebecca...Seaview Cottage.

As Iris races to unravel what happened the night Rebecca's parents were killed, it's time for Seaview Cottage to give up its secrets.

Read The Lost Child, the heart-wrenching new novel from the author of The Girl in the Letter. If you love the novels of Kate Morton and Lucinda Riley, you will love this.

Review Quotes

Praise for The Girl in the Letter

"Compelling, twisty, heart-wrenching and thought-provoking. A novel that stays with you"--Sophie Kinsella, author of the Shopaholic series

"A pacy, heartrending read"
--S magazine, Sunday Express

"As moving as it is disturbing. A real triumph"--Woman & Home

"Truly hard to put down. Fast paced, brilliantly plotted and desperately sad at times--all hallmarks of a bestseller"--Lesley Pearse

About the Author

Emily Gunnis previously worked in TV drama and lives in Brighton with her young family. She is one of the four daughters of Sunday Times bestselling author Penny Vincenzi.