The Lindbergh Nanny

Mariah Fredericks’ emotionally charged and propulsive new novel,The Lindbergh Nannyexamines one of the most famous kidnapping cases in America from the lens of one of America’s favorite suspectsputting Betty Gow at the center of her own story for the first time. Betty Gow is known by another name: the Lindbergh Nanny. When toddler Charles Lindbergh Jr. is kidnapped from his parents’ weekend home in HopewellNew Jersey in 1932his parents are frantichis grandmother devastatedand the media rabid. Bettyamid the maelstrom and named a suspect herselfis determined to find out who has taken him. Charles Lindbergh was already famous for his flight across the Atlantic–the golden boy of Americawith his wealthy and lovely wifeAnne Morrow Lindberghbeside him–when Betty joined the household to look after little Charlie. A Scottish immigrant deciphering the rules of her new homeland and its East Coast eliteBetty finds Col. Lindbergh eccentric and often oddMrs. Lindbergh kind yet nervousand Charlie simply a darling. Far from home and bruised from a love affair gone horribly wrongBetty finds comfort in caring for the childand warms to the attentions of handsome sailor Henriksometimes known as Red. But when Charlie is taken from the family homeat a time when no one but a handful of Lindbergh servants could have known he was thereeverything changes. A suspect in the eyes of both the media and public herselfBetty must find the truth in order to clear her own name–and to find justice for the child she loves.