The Girl in the Red Coat

by Kate Hamer

Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa First Novel Award
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award

She is the missing girl. But she doesn't know she's lost.

Carmel Wakeford becomes separated from her mother at a local children's festival, and is found by a man who claims to be her estranged grandfather. He tells her that her mother has had an accident and that she is to live with him for now. As days become weeks with her new family, 8-year-old Carmel realises that this man believes she has a special gift...

While her mother desperately tries to find her, Carmel embarks on an extraordinary journey, one that will make her question who she is - and who she might become.

• ISBN10: 0571313248
• ISBN13: 9780571313242
• Publish Date: 26 February 2015 (first published 24 February 2015)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 11 March 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Faber & Faber
• Edition: Main
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 384
• Language: English

Reviews

[Amber (The Literary Phoenix)]

The book is interesting, but the writing is a little simplistic and the ending came very quickly. It read like an episode of SVU but without the detectives. A well-done crime novel, infuriating and believable, but not recommended for anyone with young children.