The Shut Eye

A desperate woman hopes a psychic can help find her son in " this intricate, surprise-filled crime novel" from the CWA Gold Dagger Award–winning author ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).   Five footprints are the only sign that four-year-old Daniel Buck was ever here. They're all his mother has left. Every day, Anna Buck guards the little prints in the cement. Polishing them to a shine. Keeping them safe. Spiraling towards insanity.   With little help or hope coming from the police or her husband, James, Anna is looking for any opportunity that may lead to finding her son. So when a woman tells her she's found a "shut eye"—a true psychic—Anna grasps at it. Maybe he can tell her what happened. But her meeting with the psychic is not at all what she suspected . . .   Matching breathtaking suspense with a keen exploration of skepticism in the face of the unexplainable, The Shut Eye is a "very satisfying" crime thriller that will have readers "rushing to the final pages" ( The Independent).   "A standout." — Publishers Weekly, starred review