Lost

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Watched by Mickey da Cruz, a small-time gangster, Alice Aron, a young widow, arrives with her two young sons on a Mediterranean island. Within hours Alice's seven-year-old has disappeared, apparently abducted. Lucy Wadham's riveting thriller was acclaimed on publication for its portrait of a violent place ruled by ancient enmities, in which the disappearance of a child will test a loyally too far.

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"'This excellent debut novel hints at the skill of past masters of the thriller genre such as Chandler and Leonard, both in its text and its texture.' The Times"

Author Bio

Lucy Wadham was born in London in 1964 and educated at Oxford. She works in Paris as a freelance journalist and is married with two children. Lost, her first novel, was published in 2000 to great acclaim.