Child (Barton) - Book Reviews

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This being a Barton thriller, there’s more to pretty much everything than meets the eye.
Boston Globe

Fiona Barton has masterfully delivered again with The Child, her follow-up to her bestselling debut novel, The Widow....So many questions, so much perfect suspense….Barton tells the child’s story as only she can—brilliantly.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram


[An] intriguing, twisty tale....With plenty of red herrings, nothing and no one is who  they seem in this evocative puzzler.
Cleveland Plain Dealer


A twisty and tantalizing story you won't be able to put down.
Bustle


(Starred review.) Kate Waters, the catalyst for Barton’s devastating debut The Widow, returns in this strong if more subdued psychological thriller.… Readers patient with the relatively slow initial pace…will be rewarded with startling twists—and a stunning, emotionally satisfying conclusion.
Publishers Weekly


(Starred review.) Barton's second well-plotted outing, with its sustained tension and believable characters, is an excellent addition to the popular psychological thriller genre. Readers who liked Barton's first novel, Paula Hawkins's The Girl On a Train, and Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl will love this. —Susan Clifford Braun, Bainbridge Island, WA
Library Journal


Barton flirts with melodrama at times but pulls back and allows her characters to develop into fully realized, deeply scarred women whose wounds aren't always visible. This is as much a why-dunit as a whodunit, with the real question being whether it's possible to heal and live with the truth after hiding behind a lie for so long.
Kirkus Reviews