Give Me the Child

by Mel McGrath

Overview

THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER ’Dark, clever, terrifying’ Paula Hawkins ‘Gripping and moving’ Erin Kelly ‘You won’t want to eat, sleep or blink’ Tammy Cohen

Imagine your doorbell rings in the middle of the night.

You open the door to the police.

With them is your husband’s eleven-year-old love child. A daughter you never knew he had.

Her mother has been found dead in their south London flat.

She has nowhere else to go.

WOULD YOU TAKE HER IN?

Compulsive, dark and devastating, Give Me the Child is a uniquely skilful thriller with an unforgettable twist.
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What readers are saying about Give Me the Child:

'Chilling and unnerving. I loved it.'

'A brilliantly crafted psychological thriller full of surprises, with a breathless climax.'

'A tension-filled family drama with plenty of twists and turns along the way, that will have you racing to the end.'

'A brilliant suspense-thriller. I highly recommend this book.'

‘I read this in one sitting. It's an excellent read, chilling and well written.'

'A psychological thriller with a difference and an evil twist, it kept me on the edge of my seat.'

'Excellent, a real page turner. All the more riveting as so very real.'

'I could not put it down…I loved it!!'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780008215613
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	07/27/2017
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishers
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	570,539
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Mel McGrath is an Essex girl, the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling family memoir Silvertown. She won the John Llewellyn-Rhys/Mail on Sunday award for Best Writer Under 35 for her first book, Motel Nirvana. She has published three Arctic mysteries featuring the Inuit detective Edie Kiglatuk under the name MJ McGrath, the first of which, The Boy in the Snow, was shortlisted for a CWA Gold Dagger.

In the last year she has been one of the founders and moving lights of the website Killer Women, which has rapidly established itself as one of the key forums for crime writing in the UK. This new standalone marks a change in direction

Mel McGrath is an Essex girl, co-founder of Killer Women, and an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction. As MJ McGrath she writes the acclaimed Edie Kiglatuk series of Arctic mysteries. As Melanie McGrath she wrote the critically acclaimed, bestselling memoir Silvertown. As Mel McGrath she is the author of the bestselling psychological thrillers Give Me the Child, The Guilty Party and Two Wrongs.

Editorial Reviews

04/09/2018
Child psychiatrist Caitlin “Cat” Lupo, the narrator of this enticing standalone from British author McGrath (the Edie Kiglatuk series), and her husband, Tom, who owns an IT company, are living an ordinary life in London with their elementary-school age daughter, Freya, when their world is suddenly turned upside down. The police bring Ruby Winter, a girl about the same age as Freya, to their door because her mother, Lilly, has died in an apparent accident, and the authorities have determined that Tom is next of kin. Tom confesses to Cat that he didn’t know until that moment that his one-night-stand with Lilly, back when Cat was hospitalized while pregnant with Freya, resulted in a child. Though Cat diplomatically agrees to keep Ruby until another relative can be located, the girl exhibits some disturbing behavior and appears to be a negative influence on Freya. Cat becomes concerned when a neighbor’s child’s iPad goes missing, believing Freya and Ruby may have stolen it. As Cat desperately tries to keep Freya safe, Tom starts to question whether she’s experiencing the psychosis she exhibited during her pregnancy. McGrath plumbs the depths of human depravity in this pulse-pounding thriller. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

‘You won’t want to eat, sleep or blink’
Tammy Cohen

‘A triumph. A mesmerisingly written examination of desperation and evil’
Financial Times

‘Taut and compelling’
Good Housekeeping

‘Gripping and moving’
Erin Kelly

'A beautifully written and very unsettling read.'
Ann Cleeves

‘Hugely addictive and highly recommended’
Sarah Hilary

‘Completely unputdownable’
Lisa Hall

‘Utterly terrifying – it plays on every mother’s deepest fear’
Annabel Kantaria

‘Among my favourite books of the year. I loved it’
Mark Hill

‘Prepare to whizz through this addictive read… edge-of-your-seat stuff’
The Sun

‘A stimulating, powerful, entirely captivating and deliciously entertaining read’
Liz Robinson, Lovereading

‘I was totally blown away’
Crime Book Junkie

‘I actually thought within the first few chapters, that I had it sussed and knew exactly who did what and why – I was wrong’
A Cornish Mum

‘I was addicted’
Mumsnet

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