Nina

De: Louise Phillips

A feminist, redemptive crime novel about a woman, Elizabeth, who has never come to terms with the loss of her daughter, who went missing twenty-five years ago, and why she is compelled to go back to the house where her little girl, Nina, disappeared.

On the eve of her sixty-first birthday, Elizabeth Harte decides to run away from home, where she is living with her daughter and son-in-law. Elizabeth has experienced deep trauma in her life, including, twenty-five years earlier, the abduction of her other daughter, five-year-old, Nina. As the novel opens, Elizabeth feels both trapped and lost. It’s this deep-seeded unhappiness which pushes her to leave her home to find her daughter, in order to reconcile her present with her past. After running away, she soon crosses path with a young autistic girl called April, and it’s this relationship, alongside Elizabeth’s determination to find her missing daughter, which forge an awakening within her.
Meanwhile, disgraced detective Nick is revisiting a series of cold cases for the Irish police. His father worked Nina’s case, back in the day, and came up empty-handed, and in despair, took his own life. Soon, young women start to go missing, resulting in a series of murders, with a pattern emerging. When Elizabeth reaches out to Nick to discuss her daughter’s disappearance, he realizes his cold cases are a crucial lead to stopping this killer from striking again.

This emotional and gripping mystery is perfect for fans of Charlie Donlea, and Laura Lippman, and Ashley Flowers.

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