Overview
In this thrilling, richly woven novel that spans from bustling London streets to the boulevards of Paris, a woman with a dark family secret tries to turn back the hands of time before it's too late. "A wonderful twisty novel of family and secrets--the perfect summer read."--Kate Morton, bestselling author of Homecoming Notting Hill, London: One May evening, seventeen-year-old Maggie Parker's mother walks out of their front door and doesn't return. With her little brother in tow, desperate to find their mother, Maggie is drawn into a labyrinthine world of secondhand shops and shadowy figures, far from the grand townhouses in her comfortable neighborhood. As Maggie struggles to maintain a stable life for herself and her brother, she befriends Wolf, another young person also living on his wits alone. But can he help solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance--or will her growing feelings for him just cause her further pain, upending her life even more? When she discovers that her beloved house now holds a dangerous new secret, and Wolf is involved, Maggie, heartbroken, makes her escape. Twenty-one years later, in her Paris apartment, Maggie gets a phone call that shatters her hard-won new life. While in London, the incoming owner of the Parkers' old Notting Hill house is excavating the basement, unaware of what might lie beneath--and the clock starts ticking on buried secrets.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780593976234
- ISBN-10: 0593976231
- Publisher: Ballantine Books
- Publish Date: August 2025
- Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.61 pounds
- Page Count: 320
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