Margins
The Girl in the Photo book cover
The Girl in the Photo
2023
First Published
3.83
Average Rating
300
Number of Pages

I stare at the little girl in the photo, her big eyes looking straight at me. ‘Please,’ the woman pleads holding the photo up. ‘You have to help me. No one else will.’ Every Friday Mercy Hamilton goes to the same supermarket. But she doesn’t buy groceries. Instead, she shows a fading photo of a little girl to anyone who’ll look, begging for help to find her daughter. One Friday, Erica Fielding comes across Mercy. Touched by her story, Erica agrees to do what she can to help. But all is not as it seems. The police know of Mercy. And there’s never been a record of a missing girl matching the description Mercy gives. In fact, there’s no record of a child at all. They think Mercy might be suffering from delusional disorder and there’s nothing Erica can do. But Erica can’t stop thinking about poor Mercy. Just who is the girl in the picture if not Mercy’s missing daughter? Despite people’s warnings, Erica is drawn deeper and deeper into Mercy’s drama…. And Erica will come to realise it was a mistake she’ll pay for. Because she was the target all along. An absolutely unputdownable read that will have your heart pounding as you question everything you thought you knew. Perfect for fans of Gone Girl, Lisa Jewell and Shari Lapena.

Avg Rating
3.83
Number of Ratings
933
5 STARS
26%
4 STARS
39%
3 STARS
26%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
2%
goodreads

Author

Sam Carrington
Sam Carrington
Author · 9 books

Sam Carrington lives in Devon with her husband, two border terriers and a cat. She has three adult children and a new grandson! She worked for the NHS for fifteen years, during which time she qualified as a nurse. Following the completion of a psychology degree she went to work for the prison service as an Offending Behaviour Programme Facilitator. Her experiences within this field inspired her writing. She left the service to spend time with her family and to follow her dream of being a novelist. SAVING SOPHIE, her debut psychological thriller, published in September 2016. It became a Kindle eBook bestseller, with the paperback hitting The Bookseller Heatseeker chart at #8. Sam was named an Amazon Rising Star of 2016. Her 6th book - The Open House - publishes in December 2020.

548 Market St PMB 65688, San Francisco California 94104-5401 USA
© 2025 Paratext Inc. All rights reserved