From the global bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE LETTER comes a gripping and heartbreaking novel of family secrets.

'Utterly gripping, taut and powerful. An emotionally charged, compulsive, moving novel' Adele Parks
'Captivating and suspenseful' Jessica Fellowes
'I so enjoyed it. Twists and turns... Hours of gripping entertainment and a great many tears' Lesley Pearse
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Some secrets are locked away for years . . .

Rebecca Waterhouse is just thirteen when she witnesses her mother's death at the hand of her father in Seaview Cottage. But what else did she see?

Years later, Rebecca's daughters Iris and Jessie know their mother will never speak of that terrible night. But when Jessie goes missing, with her gravely ill newborn, Iris realises the past may hold the key to her sister's disappearance.

With Jessie in trouble, Iris must unravel a twisting story of love and betrayal in her mother's family history.

Only then will Seaview Cottage give up its dark and tragic secret...

*Previously published as The Lost Child*

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READERS ADORE EMILY GUNNIS'S MESMERISING NOVELS:

'A truly brilliant and moving read. I loved it' Karen Hamilton

'Loss, betrayal and a decades-old secret... BRILLIANT' Heat magazine

'A wonderfully woven novel, full of family secrets that will sweep you away into another time. I loved it more than I could possibly convey in words' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review

'One of my reading highlights of the year and it has only made me more eager to read many more books from Emily Gunnis' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review

'I'd give this book 10* if I could' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review

'Wow! I can't remember reading a book so quickly for a very long time. Couldn't put it down but didn't want it to finish. A must read' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review

'Written so beautifully, such attention to detail, her words and mesmerising characters take hold of every emotion within you' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review

'This story grabbed hold of me and sucked me in. Heartbreaking, emotional, gripping, suspenseful and will keep you on the edge of your seat right to the very last chapter' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review

Some novels hold you in their spell and never let you go,,,

Unravel the mystery of The Lost Child, Read the heartwrenching new novel from the author of the international bestseller The Girl in the Letter, Emily Gunnis,

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

1960, Thirteen-year-old Rebecca and her mother live in fear of Rebecca's father's violent temper, As a storm batters Seaview Cottage one night, Rebecca hears a visitor at the door and an argument ensues, By the time the police arrive, the visitor has fled and both Rebecca's parents are dead, No one believes Rebecca's story that she 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, as the police race against time to find them, When the trail leads back to Seaview Cottage, the childhood home of Iris's own mother, Rebecca, Iris must unravel the events of the night Rebecca is desperate to forget for Seaview Cottage to give up its secrets,

Readers adore the novels of Emily Gunnis,,,

'Compelling, twisty, heart-wrenching and thought-provoking, A novel that stays with you' Sophie Kinsella

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

'A pacy, heartrending read' S magazine, Sunday Express

'As moving as it is disturbing, A real triumph' Woman & Home