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“[A] tantalizingly disturbing debut…As enthralling as it is thought-provoking.” -New York Times Book Review
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.
“Chilling, original and mesmerizing.” —David Baldacci
Genre: Mystery
“[A] tantalizingly disturbing debut…As enthralling as it is thought-provoking.” -New York Times Book Review
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.
“Chilling, original and mesmerizing.” —David Baldacci
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"Dear Child is a chilling, original and mesmerizing work. Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with. You can’t stop reading." - David Baldacci
"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
"Dear Child is an accomplished thriller, beautifully written, intriguing and very compelling." - Peter James
"Wow! Such a disturbingly good read. Romy's knack of getting under a character's skin is impressive. I loved it." - Lesley Kara
"I read Dear Child in one sitting, holding my breath. Such a gripping, suspenseful and beautifully written debut. I loved it!" - Jo Spain
"One of the best thrillers I've read this year. Flawlessly plotted with a pace that refuses to let the reader come up for air - not that you'd want to." - Stephanie Wrobel
"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
"Dear Child is an accomplished thriller, beautifully written, intriguing and very compelling." - Peter James
"Wow! Such a disturbingly good read. Romy's knack of getting under a character's skin is impressive. I loved it." - Lesley Kara
"I read Dear Child in one sitting, holding my breath. Such a gripping, suspenseful and beautifully written debut. I loved it!" - Jo Spain
"One of the best thrillers I've read this year. Flawlessly plotted with a pace that refuses to let the reader come up for air - not that you'd want to." - Stephanie Wrobel
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