The Child

I was very impressed with Fiona Barton's first book, "The Widow" so I was very excited to be able to read an advanced copy of "The Child". Workman are demolishing an old house in London when they come across the skeleton of a baby buried long ago. A journalist named Kate Waters quickly sees the potential of this heartbreaking find and begins a search for the identity of "the building site baby". Kate doesn't know it yet but she is about to uncover the secrets of the current and former residents of this neighborhood. Some secrets are too terrible to bear. The strength of the book is definitely in the characters. Their feelings and actions are so real that you cannot but help to either have compassion for them or really despise them. There are also so many twists and turns in the story and I loved how the story just flowed. In some ways, I enjoyed this novel even more than "The Widow" but both are amazing. This is one book that will stay with me for a long time. If you loved "The Widow" then you will definitely want to read this one. I received a copy of this book from the publishers via Netgalley for free in exchange for an honest review.

Four out of Five Stars!