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A provocative novel of psychological suspense about two women locked in a desperate fight over a child each believes is rightfully hers
"Deliciously twisty and seriously dark . . . I couldn't put it down."--Natasha Bell, author of His Perfect Wife
Libby needs a break. Three years ago her husband split, leaving her to raise their infant son Ethan alone as she struggled to launch her writing career. Now for the first time in years, things are looking up. She's just sold her first novel, and she and Ethan are going on a much-needed vacation. Everything seems to be going their way, so why can't she stop looking over her shoulder or panicking every time Ethan wanders out of view? Is it because of what happened when Ethan was born? Except Libby's never told anyone the full story of what happened, and there's no way anyone could find her and Ethan at a faraway resort . . . right?
But three days into their vacation, Libby's fears prove justified. In a moment of inattention, Ethan wanders into an elevator before Libby can reach him. When the elevator stops and the doors open, Ethan is gone. Hotel security scours the building and finds no trace of him, but when CCTV footage is found of an adult finding the child wandering alone and leading him away by the hand, the police are called in. The search intensifies, a lost child case turning into a possible abduction. Hours later, a child is seen with a woman stepping through an emergency exit. Libby and the police track the woman down and corner her, but she refuses to release Ethan. Asked who she is, the woman replies:
"I'm his mother."
What follows is one of the most shocking, twist-y, and provocative works of psychological suspense ever written. A story of stolen identity, of surrogacy gone horribly wrong, and of two women whose insistence that each is the "real" mother puts them at deadly cross-purposes, Lost You is sure to be one of 2019's most buzzed-about novels.
Praise for Lost You
"An emotionally wrenching psychological thriller . . . The story unravels at an anxiety-inducing pace, and shocking twists appear around every corner." --Associated Press
"Extremely binge-worthy, so suspense fans, definitely be on the lookout for this new release." -- She Reads
"The twists and turns are not only masterfully paced and layered but so is the emotional impact. . . . an adrenaline-pumping, anxiety-inducing thriller built around a core so sentimental it just might make you cry." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
At the start of this engrossing psychological thriller from the pseudonymous Beck (Here and Gone), a woman threatens to jump off a Florida hotel roof with her young son to certain death below. Flash back four years. When Anna Lenihan loses her waitressing job in Pennsylvania and is in a financial bind, she hears about a medical clinic that matches childless couples with healthy female surrogates. The pay is excellent, and Anna is in good health. Anna becomes the surrogate for writer Libby Reese and her husband. As Anna's pregnancy progresses, Libby behaves irrationally, making herself look like she, too, is pregnant by wearing an ever-expanding prosthetic latex stomach. The baby boy is born prematurely on the same night Libby experiences "labor pains" (actually appendicitis). Anna runs off with the baby and a deadly showdown ensues with consequences that will lead to that harrowing rooftop scene. Beck (Edgar finalist Stuart Neville) tells a richly complicated story about two desperate women and the reality of surrogacy in America. Agent: Nat Sobel, Sobel Weber Assoc. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
A woman risks everything for her child in Beck's (Here and Gone, 2017) latest.Libby is enjoying a well-deserved vacation with her 3-year-old son, Ethan, to celebrate her book contract. At the resort, she can pamper herself and enjoy spending time with her little boy, things that have been hard to do since her husband left them when Ethan was a baby. It was a long, difficult path to motherhood for Libby, and in the end, Mason just couldn't deal with it. But she has Ethan now, and he is all she needs to feel complete. But when Ethan disappears while Libby literally has her back turned, her worst nightmare comes true. Because Ethan isn't abducted by just anyone, but by someone who knows him and who calls him "Little Butterfly." What is the true story of Ethan's parentage? What secrets has Libby buried deep in the past? And who is willing to do anything to get revenge? There is a lingering sense of unease established in the very beginning of the novelbecause the reader knows it's a thriller, yes, and so something is going to go wrongbut even more because of Libby's personality. She's established as an overstressed single mom desperately worrying about everything. Her tight hold on Ethan can't end well for either one of thembut the truth is completely mind-blowing. No spoilers here: The twists and turns are not only masterfully paced and layered, but so is the emotional impact. Once another perspective is offered within the narrative, this other character captures the reader's sympathybut it's also true that while we may not always like Libby, she has our understanding, too. Beck plays both characters off one another until close to the end, unspooling tension to an almost unbearable breaking point.An adrenaline-pumping, anxiety-inducing thriller built around a core so sentimental it just might make you cry. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Cut the baby in half! was the judgment of Solomon when two women both claimed one child. Readers will find themselves torn in two by Libby Reese and Anna Lenihan as they each make their case for being a three-year-old boy's rightful mother. Three days into doting mother Libby's vacation, Ethan wanders into an elevator before she can reach him. When she calls the elevator back, he is gone. Hotel CCTV footage shows him leaving through an emergency exit with Anna, who then climbs up on a low wall bordering the roof, clutching Ethan. If she jumps, Anna thinks, there will be no more waking in the dark reaching for her baby and remembering he's gone. The absorbing narrative that follows spins a heart-wrenching web of desperation, surrogacy, mistaken identity, and murder. Beck is the pseudonym of acclaimed Irish crime-fiction author Stuart Neville. This nail-biting rendering of every parent's nightmare is his second stand-alone thriller (after Here and Gone, 2017). Recommend to fans of Tana French, Allison Brennan, and Hallie Ephron.--Jane Murphy Copyright 2019 Booklist