Girl on the Beach - by Carol Snow

Book Synopsis

A missing child tears a family apart, and the nanny knows more than she says in this propulsive thriller, perfect for fans of Jennifer Hillier and Lisa Lutz.

On the surface, Sonia and Graham Starr were an unspeakably glamorous couple: she, the sleek and intense entrepreneur; he, the boyishly handsome painter with an irrepressible joie de vivre. But when their four-year-old daughter, Roxie, disappears into the Pacific Ocean, their world crumbles around them.

Months later, twenty-one-year-old Colleen, who was the nanny for the Starr family, plagued by guilt and confusion, returns to the beach house where she once worked. On her first night back, she sees a child who bears a striking resemblance to Roxie, but when she calls out, the child runs away.

The loss of Roxie has changed everything. Graham and Sonia have since split up. But to Colleen, it never made sense that Roxie, who was afraid of the ocean, would run into the waves on her own. Now that Colleen has seen either Roxie or her doppelgänger, she is determined to get to the truth, even if it means facing her own complicity.

About the Author

Carol Snow is the author of contemporary women's fiction and young adult literature. She grew up in New Jersey. Much of her childhood was spent immersed in books; the rest was focused on avoiding dodgeball. In her free time, Carol Snow spends time with her family, reads (of course), cooks, paints, and talks to her cats. Despite Google's claims to the contrary, she is not and has never been a poet.