19. Little Face by Sophie Hannah
Title: Little Face
Author: Sophie Hannah
Year: 2006
# of pages: 357
Date read: 3/25/2008
Rating: 3*/5 = good
Description (from back cover):
"She's only been gone two hours. Her husband David was supposed to be looking after their two-week-old daughter. But when Alice Fancourt walks into the nursery, her terrifying ordeal begins, for Alice insists the baby in the cot is a stranger she's never seen before.
With an increasingly hostile and menacing David swearing she must either be mad or lying, how can Alice make the police believe her before it's too late?"
My thoughts:
When I first read the description I wasn't sure if I would like the book as it seemed clichéd. However, the narration which switched back and forth between Alice and the detective Simon a week later held my interest and the ending made it all worthwhile.