First published 2011
Alexandra "Zan" Moreland watches her life crumble as someone steals her identity and destroys her finances. The talented Manhattan interior designer already carries the weight of tragedy. Two years ago, her son Matthew vanished from Central Park in broad daylight. Now, on what should be Matthew's fifth birthday, photographs surface showing Zan apparently kidnapping her own child. The police investigate her. The press hounds her. Her ex-husband attacks her credibility, and a business rival seeks revenge. Even her supporters, including lottery winner turned amateur detective Alvirah Meehan and Father Aiden O'Brien, begin to doubt her innocence. Zan clings to her belief that Matthew still lives, though no one else shares this hope. She sets out to unmask whoever orchestrated this elaborate frame job. Each step toward the truth brings greater danger from the person plotting her destruction. Zan begins questioning her own sanity as the evidence mounts against her.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: deception, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Central Park, Manhattan
Period: 2 Years Ago
337 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster
Content warnings: anxiety, mental-illness