The Nowhere Child
Christian White
Reviewed by Helen
The Went family Jack, Molly and their three children, Emma, Stuart and Sammy live in the small town of Manson in Kentucky, in April 1990 two year old Sammy goes missing she was never found no clues, nothing, over the course of searching we discover that this family is rather a fractured one in many ways the mother Molly is very involved with the local Pentecostal Church The Light Within who are fundamentalist and father Jack has secrets that he keeps close but a lot comes out during the search for their daughter.
Melbourne twenty eight years later Kimberly Leamy is a photography teacher, while having a break an American man sits at her table and produces photos of the lost Sammy and soon Kim realises that she is the lost Sammy, the man turns out to be her brother Stuart but Kim will not believe that the mother she knew and love who passed away four years ago kidnapped her.
Kim travels to America with Stuart to try and get the answers she needs leaving her step dad and sister behind she is angry and torn but what she discovers in America is a dark place and many secrets and takes her deep into the Church of The Light Within and their fanaticism which can be very dangerous.
This story had me turning the pages, my mind turning in so many different directions and the twist at the end wow, this was my first Christian White book, it won’t be my last and it was his debut, it was fabulous and I highly recommend this one to any lover of a good mystery, thriller.
Melbourne twenty eight years later Kimberly Leamy is a photography teacher, while having a break an American man sits at her table and produces photos of the lost Sammy and soon Kim realises that she is the lost Sammy, the man turns out to be her brother Stuart but Kim will not believe that the mother she knew and love who passed away four years ago kidnapped her.
Kim travels to America with Stuart to try and get the answers she needs leaving her step dad and sister behind she is angry and torn but what she discovers in America is a dark place and many secrets and takes her deep into the Church of The Light Within and their fanaticism which can be very dangerous.
This story had me turning the pages, my mind turning in so many different directions and the twist at the end wow, this was my first Christian White book, it won’t be my last and it was his debut, it was fabulous and I highly recommend this one to any lover of a good mystery, thriller.
5 stars
June 26, 2018 by Affirm Press
