In her New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie listens for screams of panic. It's Cassie, her childhood best friend, who lives just one floor above her, and she's just discovered that her little daughter has gone missing. When Billie lowers her gaze, the baby is lying there in her arms. Is she responsible for the kidnapping? How could this happen? Psychologically skilful and with a lot of empathy, Carola Lovering unravels the complex, highly emotional web of a decades-long friendship between women in this suspenseful novel.