Why Didn't You Come For Me?
by Diane Janes
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Acknowledgment: Soho Press provided a copy of Why Didn't You Come For Me? for this review.
Selected reviews of other mysteries by this author …
The Pull of the Moon
Soho Constable (Hardcover), May 2010
ISBN-13: 9781569476390; ISBN-10: 156947639X
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Why Didn't You Come For Me? by Diane Janes
Publisher: Soho Constable
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1-56947-940-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-940-7
Publication Date: May 2011
List Price: $25.00
Synopsis (from the publisher): Sometimes Jo still wakes up suddenly, thinking she can hear Lauren's cry. Although twelve years have passed since her baby daughter was abducted, photos of the child continue to arrive by post with the words "I still have her" scrawled on the back. The police think it's a hoax, but Jo has always believed them to be genuine—and until there is some hard evidence to the contrary, she will always hold on to the belief that Lauren is still alive. Bit if the pictures really do come from the kidnapper, it means they have been keeping track of Jo's movements all these years. Recently Jo has begun to feel as if she is being watched—and that whoever has her daughter is getting closer. Is Jo's husband right to dismiss her fears as paranoia, or might Jo herself be in danger? As her life begins to unravel, Jo fears that the truth may lie in the half-forgotten distant past, scarred by rumors of insanity and murder.