Twelve-year-old Alice Pritchard was left for dead in a creek. When the nearly lifeless body is found by Madeleine King and her friend's husband, Atal, things don't look good. Because Maddie's husband has not come home. Did Richard have something to do with what happened to Alice -- villagers say that they saw Alice getting into Richard's car that day. NO SPOILERS.
I had a hard time getting into this one -- it was very slow moving and the mystery was not that gripping so I kept putting it down. Told in a past/present narrative from Maddie's point of view, the bulk of the story has to do with small town drama and past indiscretions. Secrets and lies are eventually revealed explaining everything. I found it a bit of a disappointment having read many of this author's previous books.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is a standalone and is not part of any series. The synopsis does not really reflect book content and is somewhat misleading.
Genre - small village drama with secrets and lies, mystery
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