Lauren Tranter is in the maternity ward giving birth to her twin sons. No one told her it would be this difficult; in fact, things went so badly the doctor literally has to pull them from her body with forceps. Both boys are declared healthy. If wanting to be fed constantly and crying insistently is perfectly normal for babies, than Morgan and Riley were, by all accounts normal.
Lauren is exhausted and her husband Patrick is not much help. Due to the difficult birth, she needs to stay longer than other mothers. Sharing a room with several other new moms, she could hear the other mothers bonding with their newborns. All she felt was tired. No sleep and constant feedings has exhausted her. Night time was the worst. One night Lauren hears a woman singing behind the curtain that hides the bed next to her. She also hears what sounds like two babies. Thinking the woman had twins just like her. Lauren got up and was shocked to see a filthy woman with two bedraggled babies in a basket on the floor. The woman tries to make a deal with Lauren to trade one of her babies for one of the woman’s. Hysterical, Lauren locks herself in the bathroom and calls the police.
Everyone, including her husband, thinks Lauren is having mental issues. No one has seen or heard the woman except her. She tries to keep the boys near her and safe, but one slip begins her worst nightmare. Morgan and Riley have been replaced with the old woman’s twins and no one else can see that the two boys are not hers. She will do anything to get them back, but what will it cost her? Her only ally may be DS Joanna Harper, who just can’t leave the case alone, even though her supervisor tells her to stop pursuing the ramblings of a woman who is clearly gone off the deep end.
This is the best psychological thriller I have read in ages. Ms. Golding knows how to keep readers up late at night reading just one more chapter until the wee hours. The depth of characters makes you feel like you know them. Is poor Lauren really delusional or is she right and something evil found her and won’t let go?
Little Darlings is Melanie Golding’s first novel. The perfect plot with interestingly true to life characters makes this a novel you won’t soon forget. If you are a fan of Dean Koontz, you will love this book.
DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CONNECTION: I have a material connection because I received a review copy from Bookish and the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. Copyright © 2019 Laura Hartman
Lauren is exhausted and her husband Patrick is not much help. Due to the difficult birth, she needs to stay longer than other mothers. Sharing a room with several other new moms, she could hear the other mothers bonding with their newborns. All she felt was tired. No sleep and constant feedings has exhausted her. Night time was the worst. One night Lauren hears a woman singing behind the curtain that hides the bed next to her. She also hears what sounds like two babies. Thinking the woman had twins just like her. Lauren got up and was shocked to see a filthy woman with two bedraggled babies in a basket on the floor. The woman tries to make a deal with Lauren to trade one of her babies for one of the woman’s. Hysterical, Lauren locks herself in the bathroom and calls the police.
Everyone, including her husband, thinks Lauren is having mental issues. No one has seen or heard the woman except her. She tries to keep the boys near her and safe, but one slip begins her worst nightmare. Morgan and Riley have been replaced with the old woman’s twins and no one else can see that the two boys are not hers. She will do anything to get them back, but what will it cost her? Her only ally may be DS Joanna Harper, who just can’t leave the case alone, even though her supervisor tells her to stop pursuing the ramblings of a woman who is clearly gone off the deep end.
This is the best psychological thriller I have read in ages. Ms. Golding knows how to keep readers up late at night reading just one more chapter until the wee hours. The depth of characters makes you feel like you know them. Is poor Lauren really delusional or is she right and something evil found her and won’t let go?
Little Darlings is Melanie Golding’s first novel. The perfect plot with interestingly true to life characters makes this a novel you won’t soon forget. If you are a fan of Dean Koontz, you will love this book.
DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CONNECTION: I have a material connection because I received a review copy from Bookish and the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. Copyright © 2019 Laura Hartman