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The unputdownable new novel from the New York Times bestseller, Lisa Scottoline - devastating dilemma fiction told with captivating depth and pace.

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Internationally bestselling author Lisa Scottoline returns with this gripping, twisting thriller that will keep fans of Jenny Blackhurst´s THE FOSTER CHILD and Shari Lapena´s THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR guessing until the very end.

Everyone deserves a second chance at happiness.

Dr Noah Alderman, a widower and single father, is finally content after marrying the wonderful Maggie. And they´re both thrilled when Maggie gets an unexpected chance to be a mother to Anna, the daughter she once thought she´d lost forever.

But when seventeen-year-old Anna arrives everything changes - and the darkest turn of events will shatter their lives in ways no one could have imagined.

What if your perfect family becomes your worst nightmare?

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A deliciously distracting thriller [...] Scottoline illuminates the landing strip of revelations and truths in a deliciously slow and intense way. The Washington Post

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Scottoline, Lisa
Lisa Scottoline is the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels. There are now more than twenty-five million copies of her books in print, and she is published in over thirty countries. She has been awarded the Edgar Award for crime fiction, and the Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Female Award. In addition, Lisa writes a weekly column for the Philadelphia Inquirer , as well as a number of non-fiction titles with her daughter, Francesca Serritella. Lisa is a former trial lawyer and lives in Philadelphia with an array of disobedient pets.

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