The Orphanage by the Lake

A MISSING GIRL. AN ORPHANAGE FILLED WITH SECRETS. Hazel wants a new life. She’s thirty years old,singleand her private investigation business is months away from folding. Her luck takes a turn when Madeline Hemsleya mysterious socialitepays Hazel a visit with an offer too enticing to resist. An orphan girl has disappeared from a children’s home–The Orphanage By The Lakeas the locals call it–and Madeline wants Hazel to find her. At first glanceit appears to be a standard runaway casebut as Hazel plunges into the investigationshe finds signs of something more: unexplained blood stainscryptic symbolssinister figures shadowing her every move. The more she digsthe more she realizes that The Orphanage By The Lake holds terrifying secretsand even worse… …so does Madeline. Fans of Freida McFadden’s The HousemaidCharlie Donlea’s The Girl Who Was Takenand Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls will love this twistysuspenseful thill-ride.