Where They Found Her - Softcover

McCreight, Kimberly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062225472 ISBN 13: 9780062225474

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2016

Synopsis

"McCreight creates a world that pulls us in completely and genuinely, with characters that can enrage, amuse, and fill us with empathy. It's a thrilling novel."--GILLIAN FLYNN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

Motherhood hasn't been easy for Molly Sanderson, and the years since the loss of her second child have been a particular struggle. But six months after moving from New York City to sophisticated Ridgedale, New Jersey, she's finally enjoying life again, as mother of a five-year-old daughter and fledgling arts reporter for the local paper. But this tenuous stability is threatened when the body of a newborn is found in the woods behind prestigious Ridgedale University and Molly is assigned the story. Over the objections of her increasingly concerned husband, Molly dives into reporting, determined to prove herself by uncovering the truth. What she finds is a decades-old trail of dark secrets that winds through every corner of the town.

Told from the perspectives of Molly; Barbara, wife of Ridgedale's police chief, whose faltering son is unraveling her picture-perfect life; and a sixteen-year old high school dropout, Sandy, who is dealing with her wayward mother, Where They Found Her reveals that the tragic truth about what happened to the baby lies at the unexpected intersection of these three very different women's lives. It is a taut and profoundly moving novel about mothers and daughters--the fierce bonds that unite them and the deceit that can drive them apart. But most of all it's about the heartbreakingly high price of history. The past can be artfully denied, but never truly buried.

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Review:

"McCreight doesn't just give us an intense, interwoven, multigenerational, multi-household mystery (as if that isnt enough). She creates a world that pulls us in completely and genuinely, with characters that can enrage, amuse, and fill us with empathy. It's a thrilling, lovely novel."--Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

"I recently picked up McCreight's 2013 debut, and I could not put it down.... It's no surprise that McCreight's latest novel, Where They Found Her...is at the top of my to-read list."--EW.com (Entertainment Weekly online)

"Suspenseful.... McCreight is quickly rising into a league with the best purveyors of the stuff, from Jodi Picoult to Harlan Coben."--USA Today

"In the latest psychological suspense tale from the bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia, a journalist uncovers her community's darkest secrets after an infant's body is found in the woods."--Entertainment Weekly "Must List"

"The way McCreight weaves the tale through three different perspectives will both haunt and shock you."--Glamour

"Even seasoned mystery readers won't see the twists coming in this fast-paced read filled with unreliable narrators."--Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Coiled as tightly as a spring, Where They Found Her begins with a small town's tragedy and doesn't relent until every secret, and character, is exposed. Kimberly McCreight has written another satisfying, dark page-turner that pounces off the page."--Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet

"Where They Found Her is the electrifying story about the power of secrets spilling from one generation to the next, growing larger and more terrifying until they swamp everyone in their path and sweep to a shocking, unforgettable end."--Carla Buckley, author of The Deepest Secret

"Dark, twisted, and taut, McCreight's story is like walking through a field of land mines."--Curled Up with a Good Book

"Like Gone Girl, Reconstructing Amelia seamlessly marries a crime story with a relationship drama. And like Gone Girl, it should be hailed as one of the best books of the year...A"--Entertainment Weekly

From the Back Cover:

Motherhood hasn't been easy for Molly Anderson, and the years since the loss of her second child have been a particular struggle. But six months after moving from New York City to sophisticated Ridgedale, New Jersey, she's finally enjoying life again, as mother of a five-year-old daughter and fledgling arts reporter for the local paper.

But this tenuous stability is threatened when the body of a newborn is found in the woods behind prestigious Ridgedale University and Molly is assigned the story. Over the objections of her increasingly concerned husband, Molly dives into reporting, determined to prove herself by uncovering the truth. What she finds is a decades-old trail of dark secrets that winds through every corner of the town.

Told from the perspectives of Molly; Barbara, wife of Ridgedale's police chief, whose faltering son is unraveling her picture-perfect life; and a sixteen-year-old high school dropout, Sandy, who is dealing with her wayward mother, Where They Found Her reveals that the tragic truth about what happened to the baby lies at the unexpected intersection of these three very different women's lives. It is a taut and profoundly moving novel about mothers and daughters--the fierce bonds that unite them and the deceit that can drive them apart. But most of all it's about the heartbreakingly high price of history. The past can be artfully denied, but never truly buried.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0062225472
• ISBN 13: 9780062225474
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352