I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories.

The plot is described thus: "“A young boy in New York City Theo Decker miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Knopf 1992.  60-66.

She won the WH Smith Literary Award for The Little Friend in 2003.