The Lost Child Av Patricia Gibney

<I><B>'Let me out! Please . . .' My tiny fists pound the door, but my voice reverberates off the stone walls and hangs in the air as if suspended by spider's webs. No one comes . . .</B></I><BR/><BR/> Years later, a woman is found face-down in a pool of blood. <B>Detective Lottie Parker</B> is called to the remote farmhouse in the bleak Irish countryside. Inside, she finds a scene that speaks of uncontrollable rage: glasses smashed, chairs ripped apart, the woman's body broken.<BR/><BR/> A black rain jacket makes Lottie think she knows the killer's identity, but then she finds a disturbing clue: is the murder linked to an old case at St Declan's asylum - a case investigated by her own father, just before he took his life?<BR/><BR/> When another victim is left without her tongue on the hospital steps, and a young girl goes missing, Lottie knows she has to act fast. Can she face her own demons and uncover the truth before another life is taken?<BR/><BR/><B>An absolutely gripping page-turner from the million-copy bestselling author of Irish Top 10 bestsellers, <I>The Missing Ones</I> and <I>The Stolen Girls</I>. If you love </B><B>Karin Slaughter, Tess Gerritsen and Helen Fields</B><B>, you'll be completely hooked.</B>