'My book of the year so far...' --Lee Child, #1 New York Times
bestselling author
In this chilling thriller from the bestselling authors of Spare
Room, one woman just wants the truth about who she really is. But she's
not the only one looking...
It's twenty years since Eva, a biracial woman, was adopted as an
eight-year-old, and Cherry and Carlton 'Sugar' McNeil have always been
the only parents she's wanted or needed. But when she's dealt the double
blow of Cherry's death and her own suspension from work, Eva decides
it's time to discover who she was before she was theirs.
Against Sugar's advice, Eva joins a DNA database, desperate for a match
that will unlock her identity. And when a positive hit comes, she's
excited to learn there are relations out there who might hold the key.
But the closer Eva gets to uncovering her past, the more it appears
someone is trying to stop her finally finding the truth...
As she continues to dig, Eva is drawn into a dark and merciless
underside to society, where black women disappear without a word. Names
erased from history, no search parties, no desperate pleas for their
return. Once, someone tried to save Eva from all this. Someone wanted a
better life for her. But now that she's torn down the facade of her
life, has she come too far to be spared again?
