The Nowhere Child by Christian White

Kim's life changes the day a stranger finds her in Melbourne and tells her that she really is Sammy Went, who was kidnapped from Kentucky twenty-eight years ago. The individual has a personal interest in the case and his revelation causes Kim to question her upbringing and the love she had for her mother, Carol, who passed away from cancer. Soon, Kim finds herself travelling to the United States and the small town of Manson, where the Wents lived and where Sammy's mother, Molly still resides. In alternating chapters, the story unfolds in both the past and present, as the reader encounters all who were around at the time of the crime, and now, as Kim tries to uncover the truth. The Nowhere Child is a character-centered novel where the action slowly builds into a story that's hard to put down. Similar to Lou Berney's excellent The Long and Faraway Gone and the Bell Elkins mysteries by Julia Keller. I really enjoyed this one.The book will be published next month.