THE AU PAIR

Emma Rous

Hours after twins Seraphine and Danny were born, their mother, Ruth, threw herself off a cliff near their house on the English coast. Now an adult, Seraphine is drawn into the mystery surrounding the tragedy after coming across an old photo, taken on the day of her birth, in which Ruth poses happily as she cradles just one baby. The image begins to haunt Seraphine. How could her mother’s mood have transformed so drastically over the course of a few hours? And what of the rumours about a mysterious au pair who vanished on the same day? Seraphine tracks down the former nanny, Laura, and begins to put together the missing pieces of her family’s past, revealing a chilling truth. An atmospheric read with characters that will stay with you past the ending. (Out Tues., Dec. 11)