Where They Found Her: A Novel

Kimberly McCreight

Apr 2015 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

“McCreight creates a world that pulls us in completely and genuinely, with characters that can enrage, amuse, and fill us with empathy. It’s a thrilling novel.”—GILLIAN FLYNN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

Motherhood hasn’t been easy for Molly Anderson, and the years since the loss of her second child have been a particular struggle. But six months after moving from New York City to sophisticated Ridgedale, New Jersey, she’s finally enjoying life again, as mother of a five-year-old daughter and fledgling arts reporter for the local paper. But this tenuous stability is threatened when the body of a newborn is found in the woods behind prestigious Ridgedale University and Molly is assigned the story. Over the objections of her increasingly concerned husband, Molly dives into reporting, determined to prove herself by uncovering the truth. What she finds is a decades-old trail of dark secrets that winds through every corner of the town.

Told from the perspectives of Molly; Barbara, wife of Ridgedale’s police chief, whose faltering son is unraveling her picture-perfect life; and a sixteen-year old high school dropout, Sandy, who is dealing with her wayward mother, Where They Found Her reveals that the tragic truth about what happened to the baby lies at the unexpected intersection of these three very different women’s lives. It is a taut and profoundly moving novel about mothers and daughters—the fierce bonds that unite them and the deceit that can drive them apart. But most of all it’s about the heartbreakingly high price of history. The past can be artfully denied, but never truly buried.

Ratings and reviews

Thank you, Mrs. Mccreight. I had enjoyed your novel Reconstructing Amelia specially because of your particular way of storytelling, but with this novel you have achieved another high. This one is undoubtedly one of the best written thriller novel and it is very hard to put down the book even for a sec. I hope this novel finds itself some good directors interested in bringing these characters to life. Eagerly, like a child waiting for a new toy, I await your next novel. Thank you again.

There are a lot of characters, so it takes a bit to keep track of them all. But once the story gets rolling, it is engrossing all the way to the end.

This was such a great book, the twists and turns where good and I can't wait to read more from this author.

About the author

Kimberly McCreight is the New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia, which was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Alex Awards; Where They Found Her; and The Outliers young adult trilogy. She attended Vassar College and graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.