Lisa Bradley

Sixteen years ago a 15-year-old girl, Hope Hooper-Smith, is reported missing. The police fear that she has been abducted. Hours later, another teenage girl,Tilly Bowers, goes missing. But she is from a troubled background and is a habitual runaway.

Leah Wallace, an editor at a regional paper, decides to run the Hope's abduction on the front page, while Tilly only gets a small mention on page eighteen. The next day, Hope is found unharmed at a train station. But Tilly is never seen or heard from again.

Now, a TV documentary questions Leah's decision not to give Tilly's case immediate coverage. Branded as a racist and implying that she could have cost Tilly her life, Leah starts receiving threats and she begins to find mysterious paper dolls all over her house. Somebody wants to punish her, but who?

This book had an interesting and unique plot. What I liked the most in the book, was the depiction of relationships of Leah with her son Luke and her best friend Bunty. Initially I found the book moving at a slow pace but as it reached the end, it picked up pace and the end was good and unexpected.

Overall a satisfying read!

Thank You to NetGalley and Quercus Books for this ARC!!
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