`Fans of Jodi Picoult will devour this' Red magazine `Deeply moving and exquisitely lyrical, this is a powerhouse of a debut novel' Tess Gerritsen `Two little girls are missing. Both are seven years old and have been missing for at least sixteen hours.' Calli Clark is a dreamer. A sweet, gentle girl, Callie suffers from selective mutism, brought on by a tragedy she experienced as a toddler. Her mother Antonia tries her best to help, but is trapped in a marriage to a violent husband. Petra Gregory is Calli's best friend, her soul mate and her voice. But neither Petra nor Calli have been heard from since their disappearance was discovered. Now Calli and Petra's families are bound by the question of what has happened to their children. As support turns to suspicion, it seems the answers lie trapped in the silence of unspoken secrets.

Author Biography

Heather Gudenkauf was born in Wagner, South Dakota, the youngest of six children. Having been born with a profound unilateral hearing impairment, Heather tended to use books as a retreat and escape the world around her. Heather became a voracious reader and the seed of becoming a writer was planted. She is the author of several New York Times bestselling novels, including the TV Book Club pick, The Weight of Silence.