Yes, My Darling Daughter: A Novel [Paperback]

Every once in a blue moon, a masterful writer dives into gothic waters and emerges with a novel thatlike Daphne du Maurier'sRebecca, Minette Walters'sThe Breaker, and Donna Tartt'sThe Little Friendsimultaneously celebrates and transcends the tradition. Welcome Margaret Leroy to the clan.

What's the matter with Sylvie?

Such a pretty girl. Four years old; well loved by her young mother, Grace. But there's something . . . off about the child. Her deathly fear of water; night terrors; most of all, her fixation with a photo of an Irish seaside town called Coldharbour.

Sylvie, tell me about your picture. Why's it so special, sweetheart? My heart is racing, but I try to make my voice quite calm.

That's my seaside, Grace. Very matter-of-fact, as though this should be obvious. I lived there, Grace. Before.

Haunted and haunting,Yes, My Darling Daughteris a wonderfully original, deliciously suspenseful mystery, a haunting book and a tantalizing read (The Providence Journal).

An eerie story of a mother who's losing her four-year-old daughter, Sylvie, to a strange, otherworldly fixation, and their quest to discover together the long-ago crime that's haunting Sylvie.

Margaret Leroywas born in England and studied music at Oxford. She has worked as a music therapist, teacher, and psychiatric social worker. She is the author of four previous novels.

Stunning . . . gothic fiction at its best. Katherine Bailey, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Eerily lovely. . . one of those rare books you'll sit with till your bones ache. Cathleen Medwick, O, The Oprah Magazine

A poignant ghost story . . . Leroy is an evocative writer who expertly conjures up the cloud of fear enveloping a mother struggling to reach her child. Muriel Dobbin, The Washington Times

Leroy's fourth novel is engrossing, almost chilling, anls±