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The Girl in the Red Coat (Hardback)

Kate Hamer

A stand-out debut, THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT is the page-turning and hugely moving story of an abduction that will appeal to fans of THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, ROOM and THE SNOW CHILD.

Format
Hardback
ISBN
9780571313242
Date Published
26.02.2015
Delivery
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Summary

Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa First Novel Award
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award

‘Mesmerising, compulsive, deliciously dark’ LUCY FOLEY

Carmel is missing – but doesn’t know she’s lost.

When sensitive, distracted eight-year-old Carmel becomes separated from her mother at a local children’s festival, a man claiming to be her estranged grandfather finds her – and takes her.

Unable to accept the possibility that her daughter might be gone for good, Beth makes it her mission to find her. But in what she’s told is her new family, Carmel has embarked on an extraordinary journey, one that will make her question who she is – and who she might become.

‘Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip . . . What’s most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation.’ CELESTE NG

**Carmel and Beth’s story continues in The Lost Girls – pre-order now!**

Critic Reviews

Moving, convincing and completely compelling. I read through the night, desperate to know the little girl's fate.

Erin Kelly, author of THE POISON TREE
Critic Reviews

Trust us: this book is unlike anything else.

Stylist
Critic Reviews

2015's oh-so-chilling thriller breakout.

Grazia
Critic Reviews

Unpredictable and moving.

Marie Claire
Critic Reviews

Like Emma Donoghue did in ROOM, Hamer starts off with a premise we think we know - an abducted child - and takes the reader somewhere completely unexpected. This is a beautifully written and highly original story that is gripping, thought-provoking and emotionally tender.

Mumsnet 2015 Must Reads
Critic Reviews

Thrillers about abducted children are hardly a fresh idea, but Kate Hamer's debut novel may be the most original take on the subject since Ian McEwan's The Child In Time...There is a surreal, fairytale-like quality to this unique and beguiling book.

Sunday Express
KateHamer

Kate Hamer grew up in the West Country and Wales. She studied art and worked for a number of years in television. In 2011 she won the Rhys Davies short-story prize and her short stories have appeared in various collections. Her debut novel The Girl in the Red Coat was published in 2015. It was shortlisted for the Costa First…

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