Not her daughter —Frey, Rea, author.

Emma Townsend lives with her cruel mother and clueless father, retreating into her own world of quiet and solitude. When a chance encounter with Emma presents itself, Sarah Walker takes her. Has Emma been stolen, or resc...

Look again —Scottoline, Lisa.

When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail, she almost throws it away. But something about it makes her look again, and her heart stops. The child in the photo is identical to her a...

Piece of my heart —Clark, Mary Higgins, author.

Television producer Laurie Moran and her fiancée, Alex Buckley, the former host of her investigative television show, are just days away from their midsummer wedding, when things take a dark turn. Alex's seven-year-old ...

Daughters of the wild —Burian, Natalka, author.

"In rural West Virginia, Joanie and her foster siblings live on a farm tending a mysterious plant called the vine. The older girls are responsible for cultivating the vine, performing sacred rituals to make it grow. Afte...

Call me Elizabeth Lark : a novel —Colasanti, Melissa, author.

"Twenty years ago, Myra Barkley's daughter disappeared from the rocky beach across from the family inn, off the Oregon coast. Ever since, Myra has waited at the front desk for her child to come home. One rainy afternoon,...

The boy —Hoag, Tami, author.

"When Detective Nick Fourcade enters the home of Genevieve Gauthier outside the sleepy town of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, the bloody crime scene that awaits him is both the most brutal and the most confusing he's ever seen...

The magician's elephant —DiCamillo, Kate, author.

When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adven...

Her one mistake —Perks, Heidi, 1973- author.

What should have been a fun-filled, carefree day takes a tragic turn for the worse for one mother when her best friend's child goes missing in this suspenseful, compulsively readable, and darkly twisted psychological thr...

Cold granite —MacBride, Stuart.

Set in the rainy industrial city of Aberdeen and featuring DS Logan McRae. On his first day back after sick leave, McRae is called to investigate the murder of a four-year-old boy.

Every waking hour —Schaffhausen, Joanna, author.

"After surviving a serial killer's abduction as a young teenager, Ellery Hathaway is finally attempting a normal life. She has a new job as a rookie Boston detective and a fledgling relationship with Reed Markham, the FB...

If a chicken stayed for supper —Weston, Carrie.

Even though they promise not to leave the den when their mother goes out hunting for a chicken for supper, five little foxes are unable to resist going outside to play in the dark.

Look again —Scottoline, Lisa.

After seeing a photo of a missing boy who looks identical to her adopted son Will, reporter Ellen Gleeson wonders if the child in the photo really is her son. While questioning whether Will rightfully belongs to someone ...

The guardian —Lewis, Beverly, 1949- author.

When Jodi Winfield comes to Lancaster to house-sit, the last thing she expects to find is a disheveled little girl alone on the side of the road. The young teacher is mystified when she learns there have been no reports ...

Cry baby —Billingham, Mark, author.

The gripping prequel to Mark Billingham's debut novel, 'Sleepyhead', 'Cry Baby' is the shocking first case for Detective Sergeant Tom Thorne, whose search for a missing seven-year-old boy will be the making of him - or t...

Sometimes always never

Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, A...

Searching

After David Kim's sixteen-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no on...

The summit —Martin, Kat.

When Autumn Sommers begins having dreams about Ben McKenzie's missing daughter, she may be the only hope for the little girl's survival, and the clues lead them both to a bizarre religious sect and a maniacal zealot.

She lies close —Doering, Sharon, author.

"Five-year-old Ava Boone has been missing for six months. There are have been no leads, no arrests, no witnesses. The only suspect was quiet, middle-aged Leland Ernest. And Grace Wright has just bought the house next doo...

The missing. Season 2

In 2014, a young British woman stumbles through the streets of her German hometown and collapses. Her name is Alice Webster and she has been missing for eleven years. Alice's return sends shockwaves through the small com...

The missing chick —Gorbachev, Valeri.

One of Mother Hen's little chicks is missing. Did they leave him in the house? Is he hiding in his bed, or under a bush? Mother Hen and the neighbors search high and low, but there's still no sign of the missing chick.