The Other Daughter - Softcover

Gardner, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553587684 ISBN 13: 9780553587685

Publisher: Bantam, 2004

Synopsis

What you don't know can kill you.

Twenty years ago, Melanie Stokes was abandoned in a Boston hospital, then adopted by a wealthy young couple.  Gifted with loving parents, a doting brother and indulgent uncle, Melanie has always considered herself lucky.  Until tonight.

Tonight, a has-been reporter turns up investigating her past.  Tonight, the first note arrives saying, "You Get What You Deserve."  And tonight, Melanie has her first, horrifying vision of the past.

Melanie has no memory of her life before the adoption.  Now, someone wants to give it back, even if it includes the darkest nightmare the Stokes family ever faced:  the murder of their first daughter in Texas.  As Melanie pursues every lead, chases every shadow in search of her real identity, two seemingly unrelated events from twenty years ago will come together in a dangerous explosion of truth.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

What you don't know can kill you.

In Texas a serial killer is executed, taking to his grave the identity of his only child.

In Boston a nine-year-old girl is abandoned in a hospital, then adopted by a wealthy young couple.

Twenty years later, Melanie Stokes still considers herself lucky. Until...

Until the terrifying visions begin.

Until a has-been reporter starts investigating her past.

Until the first note arrives saying YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE.

Melanie had lost all memory of her life before the adoption, and now someone wants to give it back. Even if it includes the darkest nightmare the Stokes family ever faced: the murder of their first daughter in Texas. As Melanie pursues every lead, chases every shadow in the search for her real identity, two seemingly unrelated events from twenty years ago will come together in a dangerous explosion of truth. And with her very life at stake, Melanie will fear that the family she loves the most may be the people she should trust the least.

From the Back Cover

"Sheer terror...a great read."
--Iris Johansen

Don't miss Lisa Gardner's chilling debut The Perfect Husband:

"A dark, powerful tale of nerve-shattering suspense."
--Tami Hoag

"Readers get loads of angst, great procedural stuff, some hair-raising action scenes, and a villain to keep you awake at night. What more can any thriller reader want?"
--Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

"Gardner delivers a streamlined bang-up addition to the oeuvre of Tami Hoag, Karen Robards, Elizabeth Lowell and, these days, even Nora Roberts."
--Publishers Weekly

"Scary, gritty, terrifying. Lock the door, leave on a light."
--The Oakland Press

"A page-turner."
--Rocky Mountain News

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0553587684
• ISBN 13: 9780553587685
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 416