Without a Trace

Without a Trace
Carissa Ann Lynch

Lily’s gone.Someone took her.Unless she was she never there…A little girl has gone missing.Lily was last seen being tucked into bed by her adoring mother, Nova. But the next morning, the bed is empty except for a creepy toy rabbit.Has Nova’s abusive ex stolen his “little bunny” back for good?At first, Officer Ellie James assumes this is a clear custody battle. Until she discovers that there are no pictures of the girl and her drawers are full of unused toys and brand new clothes that have never been worn…Is Ellie searching for a missing child who doesn’t actually exist?

Without A Trace

CARISSA ANN LYNCH

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Ebook Edition © April 2019 ISBN: 9780008324506

Version: 2019–01–24

For Violet, my daughter

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

Table of Contents

Cover (#ue4b60123-9ae9-5c51-931f-a628c5302b7e)

Title Page (#u3dd9053f-88fb-5d3c-9fef-b607c143ffc7)

Copyright (#ucacb12eb-3124-5c62-a1e2-9e0dac700ba1)

Dedication (#u03077189-86f1-528d-b093-256dc8114ed2)

Epigraph (#ua5ac0a4a-b7a4-5288-ad8c-e986e2591375)

Prelims (#uf0d8311a-2a20-5c3e-9880-e766244595a4)

Chapter One (#ua520fafe-fa50-5397-b312-5f8417227702)

Chapter Two (#u5116b9fa-3d8c-57c3-b85e-d6a4e5d509d1)

Chapter Three (#u5f5b6bc4-ac7c-560c-a7da-248411a5d4c6)

Chapter Four (#u2bf1f7c9-6728-56b3-b321-d32c3cf22ade)

Chapter Five (#ud78e96ef-12fe-5a30-8bc0-bd480060d06e)

Chapter Six (#ufa39fcc9-9350-523a-ae27-c3bd5a215cde)

Chapter Seven (#u235566e9-02ef-5b04-abcf-2b2c2e46e57e)

Chapter Eight (#u83e7ee8a-f988-5d81-b0eb-d2d948816f91)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)