Synopses & Reviews
Seven years ago, novelist Celia Hagen nearly lost everything. She's managed to put the nightmare behind her and begin a new life in Switzerland with her beloved Benicio and their adopted son, Benny. But now a new terror is beginning? On a train ride through the South of France, Celia turns her back for just a moment, and Benny vanishes. Days of waiting at home go by with no clues and no ransom demands. Frantic and frustrated by the efforts of police and Interpol, Celia ignores everyone's advice, including Benicio?s, and returns to the little village where she believes Benny has been taken. Aided by her grown son, Oliver, and the inscrutable Inspector Moreau, Celia begins her own investigation. At first glance, Saint-Corbenay seems picturesque, but something sinister lurks beneath its facade. When Celia chances upon a photograph of Benny, she realizes that this was no random kidnapping ? and her entire family is now in danger. To have any hope of finding Benny, she must reexamine everything she's come to believe about those closest to her, and once again come face to face with her deadly past.
Synopsis
When novelist Celia Hagen steps away from her train compartment, her seven-year-old adopted son, Benny, vanishes. Police search the train and Saint-Corbenay, the village in the South of France that mother and son were passing through. But there is no sign of Benny. After days of waiting at home for news, a ransom call, something, Celia returns to Saint-Corbenay against the advice of everyone, including her beloved, Benicio. The little town is picturesque, but disturbing rumors abound. As dark secrets emerge, it seems that no one -- not even Benicio or the brooding detective leading the case -- is above suspicion. Celia thought she had seen it all, but nothing could prepare her for where her search will lead. In the follow-up to Audrey Braun's bestselling debut, A Small Fortune, Celia discovers just how quickly everything she loves can spiral toward a life -- and death -- that no one could have seen coming.
Synopsis
Memories of her dire past fade as Celia Hagen enjoys life in Switzerland as a best-selling author, surrounded by an extended family, her beloved Benicio, and their imaginative young son Benny. But when Benny disappears from a train during an unexpected stop in the French Provencal countryside, Celia suspects her past may not be buried after all. With Benny gone, she quickly realizes her life wasn't nearly as idyllic as she believed. Infuriated by the unorthodox search efforts of Interpol and the French police, Celia, along with her older son Oliver, undertakes her own search, only to find that the village where Benny vanished has its own chilling history, and her interference in the case will have grave and irreversible consequences.
In the follow up to Audrey Braun's bestselling debut, A Small Fortune, Celia discovers just how quickly everyone she loves can spiral toward a life--or death--that none of them could have seen coming.