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Zusatztext “Skip your morning coffee as you read this one. Your heart will pound a little faster with every page.”—Oprah.com “ Remember Mia is a twisty! gripping read—beautifully written and impossible to put down.”—Meg Gardiner! Edgar Award winning author "As riveting as Gone Girl! but with an even sharper emotional edge! this story of a missing seven-month-old baby and the mother who has no recollection of the events surrounding her daughter’s disappearance will pull you in from the very first page. The fast-paced plot! psychological intrigue! and engrossing twists will have you flipping pages faster and faster as Estelle’s memories are gradually uncovered and piece by jagged piece the puzzle comes together."—Kelly Jones! Author of Lost and Found in Prague Informationen zum Autor Alexandra Burt Klappentext Like Girl on the Train and Gone Girl, Remember Mia is a riveting psychological suspense, exploring what happens when a young mother's worst nightmare becomes devastatingly real… First I remember the darkness. Then I remember the blood. I don't know where my daughter is. Estelle Paradise wakes up in a hospital after being found near dead at the bottom of a ravine with a fragmented memory and a vague sense of loss. Then a terrifying reality sets in: her daughter is missing. Days earlier, Estelle discovered her baby's crib empty in their Brooklyn apartment. There was no sign of a break-in, but all traces of seven-month-old Mia had disappeared. Her diapers, her clothes, her bottles-all gone. Frustrated and unable to explain her daughter's disappearance, Estelle begins a desperate search. But when the lack of evidence casts doubt on her story, Estelle becomes the number one suspect in the eyes of the police and the media. As hope of reuniting with Mia becomes all she has left, Estelle will do anything to find answers: What has she done to her baby? And what has someone else done to her? MISSING: SEVEN-MONTH-OLD INFANT DISAPPEARS FROM CRIB Brooklyn, NY— The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating 7-month-old Mia Connor. The parents and the NYPD are pleading with the pub- lic for any assistance in the investigation and are asking Brooklyn residents in the North Dandry neighborhood to come forward if they witnessed any suspicious behav- ior on the night and early morning of the 30th. Mia Connor was last seen by her mother, Estelle Paradise, 27, around midnight when she laid her down to sleep. The mother discovered the child was missing when she woke up the next morning. The father was out of town when the infant disappeared. “It’s very frustrating,” said Eric Rodriguez, spokes- person for the NYPD, when he appeared briefly at a news conference on Friday. “We’re hoping somebody will come forward and give us the information allowing us to locate the child.” Immediately call the TIPS hotline if you have any infor- mation about the infant’s whereabouts. All calls are strictly confidential. Mia Connor has brown eyes and blond hair, is 25 inches tall, and weighs 14 pounds. The day of her disappearance she wore white one-piece pajamas with a cupcake print. She has two bottom teeth. CHAPTER 1 Mrs. Paradise?” A voice sounds out of nowhere. My thoughts are sluggish, as if I’m running underwater. I try and try but I’m not getting anywhere. “Not stable. Eighty over sixty. And falling.” Oh God, I’m still alive. I move my legs, they respond, barely, but they respond. Light prowls its way into my eyes. I hear dogs barking, high-pitched. They pant, their tags clatter. “You’ve been in a car accident.” My face is hot, my thoughts vague, like dusty boxes in obscure and dark attic spaces. I know immediately something is amiss. “Oh my God, look at her head.” A siren ...
