The Cry

Helen FitzGerald

Aug 2013 · Faber & Faber

About this ebook

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The Cry was longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.
When a baby goes missing on a lonely roadside in Australia, it sets off a police investigation that will become a media sensation and dinner-table talk across the world.
Lies, rumours and guilt snowball, causing the parents, Joanna and Alistair, to slowly turn against each other.
Finally Joanna starts thinking the unthinkable: could the truth be even more terrible than she suspected? And what will it take to make things right?
Perfect for fans of Julia Crouch, Sophie Hannah and Laura Lippman, The Cry was widely acclaimed as one of the best psychological thrillers of the year. There's a gripping moral dilemma at its heart and characters who will keep you guessing on every page.

Ratings and reviews

Very cleverly written. Read in one go, just couldn't put it down. Loved seeing it from different angles and with a totally different ending than I imagened. My next book will be hard to find competing with this! Brilliant read. Deco recommended. Ye really good.

Wow, it was such a great read. Such a gripping story. Makes you think, deep. I loved it!

Interesting book that makes you gripped until final. Amazing story.

About the author

Helen FitzGerald is the bestselling author of Dead Lovely (2007) and nine other adult and young adult thrillers, including My Last Confession (2009), The Donor (2011) and most recently The Cry (2013), which was longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize. Helen has worked as a criminal justice social worker for over ten years. She is one of thirteen children and grew up in Victoria, Australia. She now lives in Glasgow with her husband and two children.