New York Times Bestseller

The Changeling meets an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit but set in the UK." -The Skimm

In her enthralling debut, Gilly Macmillan explores a mother's search for her missing son, weaving a taut psychological thriller as gripping and skillful as The Girl on the Train and The Guilty One.

In a heartbeat, everything changes...

Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead. It's an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason to worry--until Ben vanishes.

Police are called, search parties go out, and Rachel, already insecure after her recent divorce, feels herself coming undone. As hours and then days pass without a sign of Ben, everyone who knew him is called into question, from Rachel's newly married ex-husband to her mother-of-the-year sister. Inevitably, media attention focuses on Rachel too, and the public's attitude toward her begins to shift from sympathy to suspicion.

As she desperately pieces together the threadbare clues, Rachel realizes that nothing is quite as she imagined it to be, not even her own judgment. And the greatest dangers may lie not in the anonymous strangers of every parent's nightmares, but behind the familiar smiles of those she trusts the most.

Where is Ben? The clock is ticking...

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 12/01/2015
ISBN: 9780062413864
Pages: 512
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.30d
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Romantic Times 12/01/2015 pg. 41 - Excellent
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Publishers Weekly 11/23/2015
Booklist 12/01/2015 pg. 32
People Weekly 12/07/2015 pg. 46
New York Times Book Review 01/17/2016 pg. 25