THE TIMES CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 COSTA NOVEL AWARD 'This is crime
writing of the highest order' The TimesWhen Margo goes in search of her birth mother for the
first time she meets her aunt Nikki instead. Margo learns that her mother Susan was a sex
worker murdered soon after Margo's adoption. To this day Susan's killer has never been
found.Nikki asks Margo for help. She has received threatening and haunting letters from the
murderer for decades. She is determined to find him but she can't do it alone...*NOMINATED
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