Little Face

Little Face

About the Book

A new mother in rural England comes home a baby she swears is not her own in this first chilling installment in the Zailer & Waterhouse detective mysteries.

“Superb . . . good, old-fashioned spine-tingling stuff, but also a fine modern thriller.” —The Times (London)

The first time she goes out after their daughter is born, Alice leaves the two-week-old infant at home with her husband, David. When she returns two hours later, she insists that the baby in the crib is not her child. Despite her apparent distress, David is adamant that she is wrong.

The police are called to the scene. Detective Constable Simon Waterhouse is sympathetic, but he doubts Alice’s story. His superior, Sergeant Charlie Zailer, thinks Alice must be suffering from some sort of delusion brought on by postpartum depression. With an increasingly hostile and menacing David swearing she must either be mad or lying, how can Alice make the police believe her before it’s too late?
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Praise for Little Face

Little Face is a wonderful work, a brilliant use of mirrors and the writer's magic. Chilling, tantalizing, and ultimately fair and deeply satisfying.”
—Barbara D’Amato, author of Death of a Thousand Cuts

“Hannah adapts to crime fiction with arresting aplomb: Her characters are vivid, the novel’s challenging double narrative is handled with flair, and its denouement is ingenious.”
The Sunday Times (London)

“Outstandingly chilling.”—The Spectator

“Superb . . . good, old-fashioned spine-tingling stuff, but also a fine modern thriller.”
The Times (London)

“A terrifying mystery of manipulation, counter-manipulation and, finally, astounding revelation. It’s a haunting story told with bewitching skill.”
The Scotsman

“Impressive.”
The Mail on Sunday
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A Zailer & Waterhouse Mystery Series

The Carrier
Kind of Cruel
The Other Woman's House
The Cradle in the Grave
The Truth-Teller's Lie
The Dead Lie Down
The Wrong Mother
Hurting Distance
Little Face
Little Face
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About the Author

Sophie Hannah
Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling crime author and award-winning poet. She has written more than thirty works of fiction and poetry, including a series of mysteries that revive Agatha Christie's iconic sleuth Hercule Poirot. Her writing has garnered wide critical acclaim and has been listed for many awards, including the T.S. Eliot Award and the Independent Booksellers’ Book of the Year Award. She lives with her family in Cambridge, England, where she holds an Honorary Fellowship at the Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. More by Sophie Hannah
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