The Second Silence

by EileenGoudge (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $9.97

  'It's your daughter ...She's passed out cold on the sofa ...That's not all. Emma's gone ...' This call for help has high-powered publicist Mary out of New York City on the highway for the two-hour drive to her home town, Burns Lake. As she drives, she looks back over the past thirty years, at the life she thought she'd left behind, and the consequences that even now are coming back to haunt her. When Mary reaches Burns Lake she is caught up in a desperate search for the evidence she needs to win back her grandchild, Emma. But it's a race against time - and she is totally unprepared for the horrors she uncovers. A whole community is in jeopardy - and Mary must fight to save the one person she holds most dear ...

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.16

  'It's your daughter...She's passed out cold on the sofa...That's not all. Emma's gone. Robert took her last night...' This call for help from her mother has high-powered publicist Mary out of New York on the highway for the two-hour drive to Burns Lake. As she drives, she looks back over the past thirty years: at her marriage at seventeen to Charlie, the choice she made to leave him, and her escape from Burns Lake. She and Charlie search for evidence to discredit Robert, and save their grandchild Emma. But even they are unprepared for the horrors they uncover. A whole community is in jeopardy, as is the life of the person they hold most dear.