The Girl in the Midnight Maze

All her mother left her was a clue to a family secret. But is it a mystery best left unsolved? For decades Emma Bowen has hoped she and her mother, Margaret, might find a way back into each others lives. Even as a child, her strongest connection to her mother was a painting Margaret created before Emma was born, of a little girl lost in a maze. So when Margaret dies, gifting the painting to a total stranger, Emma is consumed by grieffor her mother, the little girl, and the relationship they never had. Clearing out her mothers seaside flat, Emma is faced with a mountain of possessions and paperwork from a life she knows so little about. When she discovers something that throws doubt over everything shes ever been told about Margarets past, Emma must decide whether to pull at the thread of secrets and lies. Will the truth help her through her griefor reveal a loss that runs deeper than she ever imagined? Revised edition: Previously published as The Girl in the Maze, this edition of The Girl in the Midnight Maze includes editorial revisions.