Five Days Missing

By Caroline Corcoran,

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'A twisty-turny thriller that kept me gripped until the fantastic shock ending!' - bestselling author Jackie Kabler

'I did this. The most awful thing...'

Romilly disappeared hours after giving birth, leaving behind her baby. Now, those closest to her rally around to look after the little girl, and to figure…

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1 author picked Five Days Missing as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

As the daughter of a mom who suffered a mental breakdown shortly after my birth, I have always been strongly interested in stories of mothers who experience emotional difficulties following the births of their children. In this book, a young woman abandons her infant in a hospital shortly after giving birth and disappears.

Her husband attributes her behavior to postpartum psychosis, a malady that she’s been monitored for throughout her pregnancy, given her own mother’s struggles with the disorder. But is that what really led to the mom’s sudden disappearance? Told in multiple viewpoints, it’s unclear who is telling the…

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