I enjoyed this book. I marked it as three stars because I did guess the outcome from when Jude said she didn't go to the hospital. However, I thought it was written well and enjoyed the perspective from different characters.

5 stars without question! I loved The Widow, and The Child is just as good, if not better. Fiona Barton has an incredible gift for building a narrative and it was truly difficult to put down. Her character depth is incredible and the plot was truly sensational. I was guessing almost until the end, but even when I correctly guessed the outcome, I was still enthralled to learn the how's and why's, etc. A gripping mystery and definitely one for the bestseller lists.

I wasn't too sure in the beginning, but after a while the plot started unfolding and there was more to the story than met the eye, which made it a well-worth read.

Kate Waters is a journalist who is given a fledgling reporter Joe Jackson to ‘babysit’ (teach him the ropes) and it is nepotism at its finest; Mike is the photojournalist who assists her. Kate, married with two teenage sons, struggles with trying to get the job done whilst being hampered by her editor and the status quo and diminishing sales of newsprint due to on-line reporting.

Learning that a baby’s skeleton has been discovered on a building site Kate sets off to see if she can develop the story into a newsworthy item – teaching Joe her craft and taking advantage of her sources in the police. The plot is revealed through the voices of Emma, Jude, Angela and Kate and the mystery of the identity of the baby, each chapter being devoted to one of the women. Using this strategy Barton has slowly constructed her plot, leading us astray here and there and finally introducing a surprising twist.

I didn’t really warm to any of the characters, with the exception of Joe who it would appear is going to make a good journalist once he has found his feet. Kate? Not sure about Kate – she had some good ideas, good contacts but somewhat jaded – so perhaps Barton has given us a more complex character in Kate.

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for providing an ARC via my Kindle in return for an honest review.

Excellent book. Great main characters and plot. I would recommend this book.

I found the first few chapters of this to be a little slow-going, but the book picked up the pace and the dynamic as it went on, and turned into a very enjoyable story. The characters are well-written and it's this that leads the reader into the story, I feel. The connections between the various characters aren't clear until quite close to the end of the book, and although I did figure out the twist, I only did it a couple of pages before it was revealed. The ending was satisfying, with all the loose ends tied up well. I particularly liked that the author didn't talk down to her readers - no exposition about how mitochondria works, or who Banquo's ghost was - just a mention, which, if you understood it was great and if you didn't understand it, it didn't affect the story. Very good writing, strong characters, credible reactions and a nice twist at the end make this a book well worth reading.

I thought this was a good suspense story which revolves around 3 women - Kate, Emma and Angela. A baby is found buried on a building site in Woolwich, London and Kate, a journalist, wants to investigate as to who the child is and tell the story. Emma is hiding secrets from her husband Paul about her past, and Angela is convinced the child is hers.
The mystery kept me reading on and I didn't guess the twist at the end.

I had read The Widow by Fiona Barton and was really looking forward to reading her new book The Child and I was not disappointed. I really, enjoyed this book, it had quite a few twists and turns. I thought that the story was well thought out and kept me engrossed. It was a real page turner. I would like to thank NetGalley for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.