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In a gentrifying London neighbourhood, the demolition of an old house uncovers a buried skeleton. Journalist Kate Waters suspects the skeleton belongs to the infamous Building Site Baby—a newborn kidnapped from a local maternity ward years earlier. As she digs deeper, she finds a tangled history of lost parents, unresolved crime, and hidden stories involving the three women who once lived in the area. Kate’s investigation forces her to confront the secrets that still haunt the neighbourhood.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Fiona Barton
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