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"It is June 21st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla's life is about to change forever. After months of maternity leave, she will drop her infant daughter off at daycare for the first time and return to her job as a literary agent. Finally. But after she arrives at the office, police officers storm the foyer: in the city, just near her work, a man has taken three hostages and is now in a tense standoff with law enforcement. And Luke, the person she's loved for more than a decade, the father of her child, is involved. But he is not a hostage. He is the kidnapper"--

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"It is June 21st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla's life is about to change forever. After months of maternity leave, she will drop her infant daughter off at daycare for the first time and return to her job as a literary agent. Finally. But after she arrives at the office, police officers storm the foyer: in the city, just near her work, a man has taken three hostages and is now in a tense standoff with law enforcement. And Luke, the person she's loved for more than a decade, the father of her child, is involved. But he is not a hostage. He is the kidnapper"--
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Gillian McAllister is the New York Times bestselling author of Reese's Book Club Pick Wrong Place Wrong Time, Famous Last Words, Just Another Missing Person, Everything but the Truth, The Choice, The Good Sister, The Evidence Against You, How to Disappear, and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast. 
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"Only a Gillian McAllister thriller can make your heart race and then your heart melt from one page to the next! I'm a devoted fan!" - Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"As a fiction writer myself it's really, really hard to fool me-I always guess the ending of books-but this novel blindsided me with twists and surprises that had me gasping...and with a poignancy about relationships and love that one rarely finds in the genre. A brilliant, brilliant book." - Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"An incredible, gripping, thrilling read." - Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"A totally fresh read that kept me guessing until the very end!" - Ashley Flowers, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Good People Here

"Completely addictive. I was as desperate to find out the truth as any of the characters in the book - if not more so!" - Sophie Hannah, internationally bestselling author

"An incredibly page-turning mystery wrapped up in a thoughtful and thought-provoking exploration of a most unusual kind of grief. Absolutely outstanding, one of my books of the year." - Andrea Mara, author of Someone in the Attic

"A perfectly calibrated mix of the thoughtful characterization that book clubbers will adore and the twist-filled plotting that armchair suspense junkies crave.... A first-rate, fiendishly clever suspense novel." - Library Journal (starred review)

"McCallister hits another one out of the park....all the puzzle pieces click together for a satisfying ending." - Booklist (starred review)

"Gillian McAllister [is] one of my favorite authors working in the genre. McAllister is the best at putting her characters in impossible situations and making her readers not only contemplate but feel what it would be like to find themselves in those situations." - Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Marital secrets animate this heartrending standalone...the gut-wrenching plight of McAllister's three-dimensional heroine will keep readers flipping pages. This satisfies." - Publishers Weekly

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