One of the hundred books a year I read:

Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all—a loving marriage, a beautiful baby, and a cozy home in a quiet neighborhood. But their picture-perfect life shatters when their six-month-old daughter, Cora, goes missing from her crib while they’re at a dinner party next door. The evening had seemed innocent enough; the babysitter canceled at the last minute, but Marco convinced Anne they could still attend the party by keeping a baby monitor on hand and taking turns checking on Cora every half hour.

When the Contis return home to find the crib empty, their nightmare begins. The police are called, but as Detective Rasbach digs deeper, he quickly realizes that this is no random kidnapping. The layers of deception, betrayal, and long-buried secrets in Anne and Marco’s lives begin to unravel, exposing cracks in their marriage and the truth about what really happened the night their daughter disappeared.

Anne, battling postpartum depression and haunted by her own insecurities, struggles to piece together fragments of the evening. Meanwhile, Marco is hiding a devastating secret that could destroy their family. As the investigation intensifies, the story alternates perspectives, revealing the tangled motives of not just Anne and Marco but also their seemingly perfect neighbors, Anne’s wealthy and controlling parents, and others who may have reasons to want to hurt the Contis.

Just when you think you’ve uncovered the whole story, the narrative takes another turn, leaving you questioning everyone’s motives until the very end.