The Child

Fiona Barton The second novel from Fiona Barton tells of another psychologically thrilling story. Journalist Kate Waters is back and this time she is investigating the decades-old skeleton of a baby found on an east London building site. In an effort to land an exclusive story, Kate is determined to find out who buried the infant and if it’s Alice Irving, a newborn stolen from a local maternity hospital in the 70s. The pace of Kate’s investigation is matched by the unravelling story of Emma Massingham, who is struggling to come to terms with her own past. Every couple of chapters, Barton kicks the novel’s suspense into a new gear, and you won’t be able to put it down until all the secrets have been shared. 9/10