Kate, a journalist, who is determined to find who this little baby is and did he/she end up in a hole in the ground. Angela, a woman whose newborn baby was stolen from the hospital nearly 40 years ago- an event, which made it impossible for Angela to move on with her life and has cast a shadow on her whole family. She is clearly hiding some secrets from her past, but the nature of those secrets are unclear and her reactions to new news on the topic keeps the reader guessing. Emma, a stay-at-home book editor, who seems to be struggling with depression and just sheer panic when the news about the baby's skeleton comes out.

You get to know our three central characters really well. What is not to love about that, eh? The best part, though, is that the book totally delivers on the promise of the premise! This discovery sets forth a chain of events that turns multiple people's lives upside down. I had read and really enjoyed The Widow by Fiona Barton (have no idea why I didn't end up reviewing it on the blog!) and was so excited to see another book by her! The premise of the child is so interesting, isn't it?! An almost 30-year old skeleton of a baby is found when some old middle-lower-middle class houses are demolished.And she soon finds herself the keeper of unexpected secrets that erupt in the lives of three women-and torn between what she can and cannot tell. Her heartbroken parents were left devastated by the loss.īut there is more to the story, and Kate is drawn-house by house-into the pasts of the people who once lived in this neighborhood that has given up its greatest mystery. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who is the Building Site Baby?Īs Kate investigates, she unearths connections to a crime that rocked the city decades earlier: A newborn baby was stolen from the maternity ward in a local hospital and was never found. For journalist Kate Waters, it’s a story that deserves attention. Plot Summary: As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton, buried for years. Publisher: Random House / TransWorld Digital

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