Dear Child: The twisty thriller that starts where others end by Romy Hausmann (Now a major Netflix series)

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BookPage’s Top 10 Mystery & Suspense of the Year

Chicago Public Library’s Best Books of 2020

New York Times Group Text Pick

A woman held captive finally escapes―but can she ever really get away?

Gone Girl meets Room in this page-turning, #1 internationally bestselling thriller.

A windowless shack in the woods. A dash to safety. But when a woman finally escapes her captor, the end of the story is only the beginning of her nightmare.

She says her name is Lena. Lena, who disappeared without a trace 14 years prior. She fits the profile. She has the distinctive scar. But her family swears that she isn’t their Lena.

The little girl who escaped the woods with her knows things she isn’t sharing, and Lena’s devastated father is trying to piece together details that don’t quite fit. Lena is desperate to begin again, but something tells her that her tormentor still wants to get back what belongs to him…and that she may not be able to truly escape until the whole truth about what happened in the woods finally emerges.

Twisty, suspenseful, and psychologically clever, Romy Hausmann's Dear Child is a captivating thriller with all the ingredients of a breakout hit.

Review

If you read only one thriller this year, choose this one. Room meets Gone Girl in this gripping novel, which will haunt you long after the last page ― Alice Feeney, author of Sometimes I Lie

I read Dear Child in one sitting, holding my breath. Such a gripping, suspenseful and beautifully written debut. I loved it! ― Jo Spain, author of The Confession

Told from multiple viewpoints which gives a satisfying complexity . . . An intelligent and original book ― Sunday Independent

“[A] tantalizingly disturbing debut…As enthralling as it is thought-provoking.” -New York Times Book Review

Product Details

UK Edition Product details

Language ‏ : ‎ English

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1529401429

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1529401424

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.06 x 1.1 x 9.13 inches

US Edition Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Flatiron Books (August 24, 2021)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250768551

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250768551

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 0.95 x 8.25 inches