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The Perfect Child

byLucinda Berry

Genres: Psychology Thriller Mystery Psychological Thrillers

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy psychological thrillers with complex family dynamics and suspenseful plots.

Topics FamilyIdentitySurvival

MoodSuspenseful, Dark

RomanceMajor Subplot

ViolenceMild

A Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller.A page-turning debut of suspense about a young couple desperate to have a child of their own—and the unsettling consequences of getting what they always wanted.Christopher and Hannah are a happily married surgeon and nurse with picture-perfect lives. All that’s missing is a child. When Janie, an abandoned six-year-old, turns up at their hospital, Christopher forms an instant connection with her, and he convinces Hannah they should take her home as their own.But Janie is no ordinary child, and her damaged psyche proves to be more than her new parents were expecting. Janie is fiercely devoted to Christopher, but she acts out in increasingly disturbing ways, directing all her rage at Hannah. Unable to bond with Janie, Hannah is drowning under the pressure, and Christopher refuses to see Janie’s true nature.Hannah knows that Janie is manipulating Christopher and isolating him from her, despite Hannah’s attempts to bring them all together. But as Janie’s behavior threatens to tear Christopher and Hannah apart, the truth behind Janie’s past may be enough to push them all over the edge.

Language

Published on

03/01/2019

Pages

370

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781503905122

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waterstones

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8.99 £

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