What an entertaining read! I really enjoyed this debut novel by a talented author that has to be watched in future. Imagine finding out that your whole life is a lie, and then you get to face it....
Recommended!!

Quite simply brilliant, strongly told story which kept me guessing till the end.
There should be more thrillers like this!

Thank you to Net galley for my ARC.This book is a debut psychological thriller. I found the characters well described and the story is as twisty as you would want in a psychological thriller! Ended up reading for 4 hours straight in the night as it is a great story! Will look out for more books by him now.

Brilliant read with lots of twists, I really enjoyed this one and could barely put it down! This is a really well constructed novel, with believable characters and a thrilling idea of what if you discovered you may be a kidnapped child..

Found it hard going all the switching too and fro. Must admit have up quite quickly. Possibly just not my normal type of book. Didn’t grab my attention from the start.

This is an enjoyable read. It is sad in places and bittersweet. Kim finds out so much about her life. This is religion at its worst.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

Thank you to NetGalley for a chance to review this book in exchange for an honest review.

Kim Leamey was living a quiet life in Melbourne Australia when a man approaches her claiming she is his missing sister Sammy Went who went missing 28years ago. Suddenly her whole life is a lie, she travels to the USA to find out more about her life and how she came to be living in Australia under a false name. The book covers the 2 times lines; then and now, as we discover what really happened to Sammy.

This is a powerful and very enjoyable debut that will keep you reading long after you wanted to go to sleep I am looking forward to reading more from Christian.

This was an enjoyable read by an author new to me. The plot was good and kept me interested pretty much from the start. Would recommend to others 100%

The Nowhere Child is a tense read, telling of Kim tracing her identity after her birth brother contacted her. At times, a wee bit far fetched and, at times, really quite suspenseful. Given the context of kidnap in childhood, I’d have expected to feel a bit more emotion but I didn’t really connect with the main character. I enjoyed it and learned a lot about unconventional religiouns and the lengths people will go to to support them.

What a great debut novel. It really excites me when new authors can come out with such great stories! Christian White, you definitely gave me a story worth my time :).

Now for the mystery of Sammy Went. The story is relayed as we continuously jump between the present and the past, a narrative that is carried out seamlessly and with great precision. Characters, motives and relationships all reveal themselves as the timelines head towards a point of what I suppose we could refer to as enlightenment. Not only is the mystery in itself a great journey, but we as the reader we also get to ask ourselves about what actually makes a family, is there some fluidity about right and wrong, and can bad choices be reconciled if the reasons and outcomes are likely admirable?

This is definitely one of those books that you want to keep talking about way after finishing that last page.

Thank you NetGalley and HarperCollins for a Review Copy.

Thank you netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book. This book is absolutely brilliant. I took my time reading this one as I was hooked after chapter one, so I didn’t want to rush it. The storyline is fantastic, the characters all gelled together well. A very well thought out story. A sad story with a great ending. Some good twists, but at the same time the closer to the end of the book the more you realise the actions of the people, their reasons for doing such things and what’s going to happen. 5 stars from me. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.

Fast paced and immediately engaging. Imagine everything you thought you knew about yourself slipped between your fingers with the visit of a stranger. There is no reason why in everyway ordinary photography teacher Kim Leamy should believe the stranger but curiosity gets the better of her and she is quickly drawn into the nightmare world of small-town Kentucky twenty years past.

It doesn't feel like a debut novel and I'm sure Christian White has a few more to come. As another reviewer has said the language was unnecessarily coarse at times and the homosexual affair, while adding to the nightmare, also added an awkwardness to the story: oddly, of all the unfolding madness, the way this storyline unfolded seemed least believable.

A very unusual tale which begins in a different time in America. Hard for us to believe such things happened. A sad tale at times with uplifting moments.

My oh my, what a great read!

This is the story of a Kim, quietly living her life in Australia with her step dad and her sister and working as a photographer. Everything is great...until a mysterious stranger steps into her life and claims that she isn't Kim at all - that she is Sammy, his little sister, who was abducted from her home in America when she was just 2 years old. Suddenly, everything that Kim thought was true is a lie....but who is lying?

This is a true roller coaster of a book. The action flip flops back and forth between Manson, Kentucky 20 years ago, and Manson, Kentucky now. We see the steps of the investigation from a number of view points and we also see Kim in present day Manson trying to come to terms with what has happened and trying to get to the truth with it all building to a terrifying final couple of chapters.

Wonderfully written, exciting and fast paced, I finished this book in just a couple of days and will definitely be looking out for more by Christian White in the future.

Kim thought she knew who she was - but does she really? Happily living in Australia, she is surprised when an American man turns up claiming to be her brother and that she had been kidnapped as a little girl. A gripping psychological thriller involving cults, kidnap and confusion. A great twist at the end. Highly recommended.

This book was a great surprise. I was hooked from the first chapter and really enjoyed following Kim on her journey of discovery. The concept was cleverly conceived and well delivered. Well worth the time to read it, give it a go, you won't regret it.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Imagine if someone came up to you with proof that you are not who you thought you were, that you had actually been abducted as a 2 year old in a completely different country! This is what happens to Kim in her home city of Melbourne. The story alternates between what happened in Kentucky when the abduction took place, and present day following Kim's story after the revelation. I loved the characters and the plot kept me on the edge of my seat right to the end. Note: if you have a snake phobia, you might like to avoid this book!!! I look forward to future books from this author. Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
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Thank you for the advanced copy of this book. Really enjoyed it. Well written and full of twists. If you enjoy dark thrillers you’ll love this!

No messing around, straight into a good story. Starts of in Australia but very Stockford to America. I learnt a lot from this book about different lifestyles. Unbelievable and hard to digest maybe but true. Fact can be harder to believe than fiction. I liked some characters and then opinions can very quickly change.

Fantastic Read.
It instantly gets you engrossed into the story.
Both plot and characters are well written.
Highly recommended book,
Thank you to both NetGalley and Harper Collins uk for my eARC in exchange for my honest unbiased review