Wednesday's Child - Hardcover

Peter Robinson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684196441 ISBN 13: 9780684196442

Publisher: Scribner, 1994

Synopsis

Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks investigates the chilling case of Brenda Scupham, a welfare mother who unwittingly hands her seven-year-old daughter, Gemma, over to child abductors claiming to be social workers

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“An exceptional series.”—San Diego Union-Tribune

It was a crime of ingenious evil: a seven-year-old girl taken from her home by a young couple posing as social workers. Chief Inspector Alan Banks fears for little Gemma Scupham, even as the motive for her kidnapping remains a mystery. No ransom is ever demanded, nor could Gemma’s tortured, guilt-ridden mother afford to pay one.

And when the body of a young man is discovered in an abandoned mine, slain in a particularly brutal fashion, a disturbing case takes one more sinister twist, drawing Banks into the sordid depths of a malice more terrible and terrifying than anything the seasoned investigator has ever encountered.

Utterly suspenseful and compelling, Wednesday’s Child will leave readers guessing and on the edge of their seats.

“Exemplary.”—New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Peter Robinson is currently Writer in Residence at the University of Windsor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0684196441
• ISBN 13: 9780684196442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352