TY - BOOK AU - Gibney,Patricia TI - The lost child SN - 9780751572216 (paperback) U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Sphere KW - Parker, Lottie, KW - Parker, Lottie (Fictitious character) KW - Fiction KW - Suspense fiction KW - Detective and mystery stories KW - Crime KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Missing persons KW - Police KW - Ireland KW - Policewomen KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - Crime-UK KW - Adult fiction KW - Print KW - lcgft N1 - "A dark secret. A hidden crime. A family in danger..." -- Cover; General N2 - 'Let me out! Please . . .' My tiny fists pound the door, but my voice reverberates off the stone walls and hangs in the air as if suspended by spider's webs. No one comes... Years later, a woman is found face-down in a pool of blood. Detective Lottie Parker is called to the remote farmhouse in the bleak Irish countryside. Inside, she finds a scene that speaks of uncontrollable rage: glasses smashed, chairs ripped apart, the woman's body broken. A black rain jacket makes Lottie think she knows the killer's identity, but then she finds a disturbing clue: is the murder linked to an old case at St Declan's asylum? A case investigated by her own father, just before he took his life. When another victim is left without her tongue on the hospital steps, and a young girl goes missing, Lottie knows she has to act fast. Can she face her own demons and uncover the truth before another life is taken? ER -