The winner of the inaugural People's Book Prize for Fiction, set up by the late Beryl Bainbridge as a showcase for new talent in the UK, and judged entirely by members of the public. A subtle mystery concerning a vanished child and a woman harbouring a terrible secret. 'A study of memory and guilt with several twists.' }Guardian A spellbinding mystery of obsession and guilt by Lesley Thomson, this is also the poignant story of what happens to those left behind when a child vanishes without a trace.
