Reviewed by Sandra Merville Hart
This time-slip novel deals with the topic of child trafficking in 1885 and in modern-day London. That made it a tough read for me yet it was also a page-turner.
In 1885, Lillian Freemont has just reunited with her ailing sister. She quickly discovers she has a niece who was left at the Foundling Hospital in infancy. Alice is now eight. Lillian sets out to claim her niece. Unfortunately, the little girl had been whisked away in the night. She enlists the help of Matthew McGivern, an investigative reporter, to find Alice.
In the present day, Janelle Spencer takes over running the Foundling Museum for a few months when her boss’s twins are born early. Jonas Conrad is documenting the museum’s history on film, but he discovers a dark past that he and Janelle probe together. Olivia, a teen volunteer, helps with the research.
Many twists and turns kept me turning pages. I couldn’t put it down even though the plight of the girls deeply troubled me.
This is a well-written novel. I was concerned about what happened in each era. The Author’s Note explains the parts of the story that are based on history.
Sandra Merville Hart 
Sounds & looks like fantastic reading would love to read in print format
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