Award-winning and Boston Globe bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan presents a spine-chilling, heart-wrenching suspense novel that explores a terrifying scenario striking at the heart of every family.
Does a respected adoption agency have a frightening secret? Tipped off by a determined ex-colleague on a desperate quest to find her birth mother, Boston newspaper reporter Jane Ryland begins to suspect that the agency is engaging in the ultimate betrayal—reuniting birth parents with the wrong children.
For detective Jake Brogan and his partner, a young woman's brutal murder seems a sadly predictable case of domestic violence, one that results in two toddlers being shuttled into the foster care system. Then Jake finds an empty cradle at the murder scene. Where is the baby who should have been sleeping there?
Jane and Jake are soon on a trail full of twists and turns that takes them deep into the heart of a foster care system in crisis and threatens to blow the lid off an adoption agency scandal. When the threatening phone calls start, Jane knows she is on the right track…but with both a killer at large and an infant missing, time is running out….
The Wrong Girl is a riveting novel of familial relationships—both known and unknown—vile greed, senseless murder, and the ultimate in deception. What if you didn't know the truth about your own family?
Includes a bonus interview with Hank Phillippi Ryan
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"Kadushin's powerful voice takes the listener on a suspense-filled romp, expertly matching cadence to the story as it unfolds. Sometimes it is just a pause that highlights the sexual electricity between Ryland and Brogan; sometimes it is the speed with which the words come tumbling out that elicit the feelings of danger and excitement in this spellbinding mystery."
— Booklist
“Whip-smart writing and a dizzying pace make The Wrong Girl a thrilling, one-night read!”
— Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Last to Die“Narrator Kadushin has a great sense of timing, a pretty voice, and the ability to express emotion without overdoing it.
— Christian Science MonitorKadushin… narrates the fast-paced yarn with a whispery, breathy vocal that intrigues, adding a touch of mystery and secret-spilling gossip to the mix.
— Mystery Scene“Ryan’s best yet! A terrific, fast-paced read.”
— William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob“Ryan does a good job portraying the foster care and adoption systems, their shortcomings, abuses, and overpowering demands…Intriguing.”
— Publishers Weekly“A crisp, fast-moving police procedural featuring reverberating illegalities, increasing danger and suspense, and crackling sexual tension between Ryland and Brogan.”
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Hank Phillippi Ryan is an author and editor who has won five Agatha Awards in addition to Anthony, Macavity, Daphne du Maurier, and Mary Higgins Clark Awards. As on-air investigative reporter for Boston's WHDH-TV, she has won 37 Emmys and many more journalism honors, and her work has resulted in new laws, criminals sent to prison, homes saved from foreclosure, and millions of dollars in restitution for victims and consumers. She is a past president of National Sisters in Crime and founder of MWA University.
Ilyana Kadushin was born in Miami and raised in the rural cornfields of Maryland. She attended the Tisch School of Arts in New York City and has performed in many theater productions. Kadushin wrote and performed a one woman multimedia musical called Devour the Apple. Her narration of In the Age of Love and Chocolate won an AudioFile Earphones Award.