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The moment I first gazed into Alex's soulful gray eyes, I knew I'd met the man I wanted to spend my life with. And I was right. When my beloved sister vanished, Alex put up posters and wiped away my tears after bad dream—she put me back together. But when police pull a crumpled photo from my dead sister's pocket, and I see my husband's familiar face smiling back at me, my perfect world shatters.

It’s a normal afternoon when I walk out the patio doors of our kitchen to check on Mia, my stepdaughter, who is swimming in our backyard pool. But she’s gone. My heart stops when I see the back gate is open, her pink, fluffy towel lying folded on a chair. I was just feet away. Why didn’t I hear her scream? Who took our little girl?

To zwyczajne popołudnie, gdy wychodzę przez drzwi kuchenne na patio, żeby sprawdzić, co u mojej pasierbicy, Mii, która pływa w basenie. Ale nie ma jej. Serce zamiera mi w piersi, gdy widzę otwartą tylną bramkę. Byłam kilka metrów dalej. Dlaczego nie słyszałam jej krzyków? KTO ZABRAŁ NASZĄ DZIEWCZYNKĘ? Mój mąż nie rozumie, jak mogłam pozwolić na to, żeby nasza córka zniknęła. Widzę, że śledczy mi nie wierzą. Uważają mnie za złą macochę. Detektyw ciągle pyta mnie, co robiłam przez te pięć minut, kiedy Mia zniknęła.

When I left my parents’ home in Kentucky, I never thought I’d see my sister again. For years, we kept a terrible secret, and eventually it tore us apart. But when I get the call to say that my sister has been killed and my teenage niece Hannah is coming to live with us, I leave the past behind. Hannah is family, and I need to keep her safe. I know what could happen to her if I don’t. When my niece arrives, she bonds with my daughter Cassie instantly. But then I hear a scream from the girls’ bedroom. And in the garden, someone has lit a fire. It’s a warning.

One night. That’s all the time a family has to decide what to do with the man they believe murdered their daughter: Do they forgive him, or do they take justice into their own hands? “One Night is a locked-room stunner that unfolds at breakneck speed.”—Kimberly Belle, USA Today...

It’s the fourth of July and the whole town is gathered at the local pool. Through the sweltering afternoon, we single mothers don’t mix with the other women - the ones with the perfect lives and happy marriages. Women like Sabine Miller. But when Sabine shoots me a desperate look across the water and suddenly disappears, my blood runs cold....