Say Her Name

‘My book of the year so far…’ —Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author

In this chilling thriller from the bestselling authors of Spare Room, one woman just wants the truth about who she in point of fact is. But she’s not the only one taking a look…

It’s twenty years since Eva, a biracial woman, used to be adopted as an eight-year-old, and Cherry and Carlton ‘Sugar’ McNeil have at all times been the only parents she’s wanted or needed. But when she’s dealt the double blow of Cherry’s death and her own suspension from work, Eva decides it’s time to discover who she used to be before she used to be theirs.

Against Sugar’s advice, Eva joins a DNA database, desperate for a match as a way to unlock her identity. And when a positive hit comes, she’s excited to be informed there are relations available in the market who might hold the key. But the closer Eva gets to uncovering her past, the more it seems that someone is making an attempt to stop her in any case finding the truth…

As she continues to dig, Eva is drawn into a dark and merciless underside to society, where black women disappear without a word. Names erased from history, no search parties, no desperate pleas for their return. Once, someone tried to save Eva from all this. Someone wanted a better life for her. But now that she’s torn down the facade of her life, has she come too far to be spared again?