Title: The Nowhere Child Pdf A Novel
Author: Christian White
Published Date: 2019-01-22
Page: 384
“A nervy, soulful, genuinely surprising it-could-happen-to-you thriller ― a book to make you peer over your shoulder for days afterwards.”―A.J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "A stunning debut...White skillfully creates a credible story filled with surprises and realistic characters worth caring about."―Associated Press "The Nowhere Child is the personification of a high-concept thriller, brilliantly executed. White raises the bar on psychological suspense, telling Kim Leamy’s tale in a stylish voice and with a heart-pounding pace. Read page one, and you won’t stop. Guaranteed."―Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author"The Nowhere Child is compelling and intense. The alternating chapters between past and present are perfectly paced and masterfully written to maximize suspense and lead us down a path of love, hate, redemption, and―ultimately―hope. I literally could not put this book down until I turned the last page. The best debut novel I've read in years."―Allison Brennan, New York Times bestselling author of the Lucy Kincaid and Max Revere series"The Nowhere Child is pure dynamite. The high concept premise grabbed me from the first page and refused to let me go until I finished. You may try to read it slowly, so you can savor every single word, but the story is so all-encompassing―the need to know what happens next so urgent―you’ll forget all about savoring and find yourself tearing through the pages as fast as your fingers can manage. You do not want to miss this book!"―Linda Castillo, New York Times bestselling author of the Kate Burkholder series"The Nowhere Child is a well-written thriller that avoids the clichés of the genre. The characters are interesting and believable and the book kept me reading up to the satisfying conclusion." ―Phillip Margolin, New York Times bestselling author of The Third Victim“An impressive debut novel, deftly plotted, constantly shifting and full of vivid characters.”― Garry Disher, author of the Inspector Challis mysteries“White skillfully builds an uncertain, noxious world of dysfunctional families and small-town secrets. The Nowhere Child is a gripping debut from an exceptional new talent.”― Mark Brandi, Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award Winning author of Wimmera“Such a clever idea, which grips from the very first chapter.”―Ragnar Jonasson, author of Snowblind“Beautifully written, perfectly suspenseful and wonderfully dark. I could not put this book down.”― Susi Holliday, author of The Deaths of December“Packed with tension, twists and tremendous pace, it’s hard to believe that this is the work of a debut author. The Nowhere Child is stunning and flawless. I can’t recommend it enough.”― Thomas Enger, author of Burned “The Nowhere Child is a fabulous read, populated by such well-drawn and identifiable characters that I felt I knew them. I was desperate to know how the story unfolded. Brilliant!”― Louise Voss, author of From the Cradle "[An] outstanding debut. By juxtaposing past and present, the author keeps the tension high. The impatient may be tempted to skip ahead, but they shouldn’t. Thriller fans will want to savor every crumb of evidence and catch every clue. White is definitely a writer to watch."―Publishers Weekly (starred review)"In this stunning first novel, White weaves stories within stories while keeping the thrilling mystery alive. [A] tightly woven debut thriller."―Library Journal (starred review)"White has written a “returning-to-your-southern-roots” tale with a difference; Kim is exploringroots she never knew she had, and the journey is as bumpy and fraught with bewildered feelings as readersmight imagine. This worthwhile story of a woman’s quest for the truth will work with women’s-fiction readers as well as mystery fans."―Booklist"Readers are led through each shocking revelation until reaching a tense climax they will not see coming.This excellent thriller marks a noteworthy new voice on the rise."―Mystery Scene"A very auspicious debut...A tightly written book with a dynamite plot."―Toronto Globe and Mail"A propulsive debut novel...gripping. White is a sparse but talented writer, his sharp lines cutting the page like knives. With few details he paints vivid scenes. Deftly plotted, with believable characters, The Nowhere Child is a satisfying mystery by a talented new voice in the genre."―ShelfawarenessChristian White is an internationally bestselling and award-winning Australian author and screenwriter. His debut novel, The Nowhere Child, won the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary Award. He is currently in development with Matchbox Pictures on a new television series which he co-created, inspired by his script One Year Later, winner of the 2013 Australian Writers Guild ‘Think Inside The Box’competition. His films have been shown at film festivals around the world. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and their greyhound.
“A nervy, soulful, genuinely surprising it-could-happen-to-you thriller ― a book to make you peer over your shoulder for days afterwards.”―A.J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, The Nowhere Child is screenwriter Christian White’s internationally bestselling debut thriller of psychological suspense about a woman uncovering devastating secrets about her family―and her very identity…
Kimberly Leamy is a photography teacher in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-six years earlier, Sammy Went, a two-year old girl vanished from her home in Manson, Kentucky. An American accountant who contacts Kim is convinced she was that child, kidnapped just after her birthday. She cannot believe the woman who raised her, a loving social worker who died of cancer four years ago, crossed international lines to steal a toddler.
On April 3rd, 1990, Jack and Molly Went’s daughter Sammy disappeared from the inside their Kentucky home. Already estranged since the girl’s birth, the couple drifted further apart as time passed. Jack did his best to raise and protect his other daughter and son while Molly found solace in her faith. The Church of the Light Within, a Pentecostal fundamentalist group who handle poisonous snakes as part of their worship, provided that faith. Without Sammy, the Wents eventually fell apart.
Now, with proof that she and Sammy are in fact the same person, Kim travels to America to reunite with a family she never knew she had. And to solve the mystery of her abduction―a mystery that will take her deep into the dark heart of religious fanaticism where she must fight for her life against those determined to save her soul…
Wonderful Debut. I enjoyed this book so much. It gripped me from the beginning, and I was enthralled all the way through.I didn’t give it five stars for a couple reasons, an incident at the beginning of the book, and the quickness of the ending. I would have liked a little more time at the end of the book with some of the characters. It seemed to end quickly. I don’t want to say too much, I’m afraid I would end up giving spoilers.With that said, I absolutely loved this book. There some twists and turns, the story had heart, and it was beautifully written. I read it through in one day, I could not put it down. I look forward to the next book from this author.Dark and menacing tale of a dysfunctional family This is an excellent debut novel by Christian White. He has managed to take the tale of a missing, abducted child and put a new spin on it.Thirty year old Kim Leamy is living in Melbourne, teaching photography when she is approached by an American man who tells her he thinks she is Sammy Went, abducted as a two year old child twenty eight years ago from a small town in Kentucky. At first she brushes him off, but he later comes back with evidence that makes her start questioning her own origins and drives her to Kentucky to find out the truth. What she finds are some dysfunctional families and a pentecostal cult that worships with snakes.Told in two streams, Then and Now, the days following Sammy's disappearance and Kim's current investigation lead her to discover what happened to Sammy in a twist I didn't see coming. Christian White serves up a dark and menacing background to this story of a missing child and the final chapters are tense and very scaryBrilliantly crafted, the story floats seamlessly between the past ... An edge of the seat read.Brilliantly crafted, the story floats seamlessly between the past and the present - with twists and turns that are at times predictable interspersed with moments of mind-numbing surprise - this book delivers to the last page. The ending that tied the whole plotline together was a master-stroke and was one I never saw coming. The characters are well drawn and totally believable, and run the whole gamut of the human sprectrum.I read it from beginning to end and know it will be a book I'll dip into many times more.A great book I'd recommend to anyone who likes mystery, suspense and a little crime thrown in, but not in a gruesome way.
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