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As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, it´s a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who is the Building Site Baby?
As Kate investigates, she unearths connections to a crime that rocked the city decades earlier: A newborn baby was stolen from the maternity ward in a local hospital and was never found. Her heartbroken parents were left devastated by the loss.
But there is more to the story, and Kate is drawn - house by house - into the pasts of the people who once lived in this neighborhood that has given up its greatest mystery. And she soon finds herself the keeper of unexpected secrets that erupt in the lives of three women - and torn between what she can and cannot tell ...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER´Clever and compelling. You´ll love THE CHILD´ Clare Mackintosh´Tense, tantalising and ultimately very satisfying . . . definitely one of the year´s must-reads´ Lee Child´An engrossing, irresistible story about the coming to light of a long-buried secret. An absolutely fabulous read - I loved it!´ Shari Lapena

The bestselling author of 2016´s breakout debut, THE WIDOW, returns with her new dark, unputdownable thriller.

When a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy, most readers barely give it a glance. But for three strangers it´s impossible to ignore.

For one woman, it´s a reminder of the worst thing that ever happened to her.

For another, it reveals the dangerous possibility that her darkest secret is about to be discovered.

And for the third, a journalist, it´s the first clue in a hunt to uncover the truth.

The Child´s story will be told.

´I loved this gripping story that kept me guessing to the end´ Liz Nugent´Fiona Barton is a major new talent´ M J Arlidge

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