The Only ChildKayte NunnLabel: OrionDescription: 'A taut clever whodunit ... Kayte Nunn keeps the stakes high and the characters compelling making for a fast fresh engrossing historical mystery!' KATE QUINN 1949 It is the coldest winter Orcades Island has ever known when a pregnant sixteen-year-old arrives at Fairmile a home for 'fallen women' run by the Catholic Church. She and her baby will disappear before the snow melts. 2013 Frankie Gray has come to the island for the summer hoping for one last shot at reconnecting with her teenage daughter Izzy before starting a job as a deputy sheriff. They are staying with her mother Diana at The Fairmile Inn soon to be a boutique hotel but when an elderly nun is found dead in suspicious circumstances and then a tiny skeleton is discovered in the grounds of the house Frankie is desperate for answers. At once an evocative unsettling tale of past misdeeds and a crime thriller that will have you reading with your heart in your mouth The Only Child is compulsively addictive storytelling from the bestselling author of The Botanist's Daughter.Readers can't get enough of The Only Child:'A deeply moving look at a past when women's reproductive rights were denied . . . a heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful story that resonates in today's world' SUSAN WIGGS'Richly drawn characters masterful storytelling and a slowly unraveling mystery kept me on the edge of my seat right up until the satisfying ending' KAREN McQUESTION
The "Kayte Nunn The Only Child (Paperback)" would be an excellent fit for parents who appreciate a clean, artistic, and relatable bedtime story to help their children understand their feelings and experiences as an "only child."
