The Crying Child

By Barbara Michaels

Joanne McMullen's fears for her sister's sanity have brought her to remote King's Island, Maine. Mary's grief over the loss of her child is threatening to send her over the edge—and her insistence that she has heard an eerie, childlike wailing in the woods fuels Joanne's anxiety. And now Mary's taken to disappearing at midnight in search of the source of the heartrending moans. But it's not just her sister's encroaching madness that is chilling Joanne's blood—it's her own. Because suddenly, impossibly, she also hears the crying child.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Oct 13, 2009
• ISBN: 9780061866609

Barbara Michaels

Elizabeth Peters (writing as Barbara Michaels) was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Peters was named Grandmaster at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986, Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar® Awards in 1998, and given The Lifetime Achievement Award at Malice Domestic in 2003. She lives in an historic farmhouse in western Maryland.

Reviews for The Crying Child

[aharey · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Jo goes to her sister's home to help her recover from a miscarriage, but finds her sister to be obsessed with a crying child, that no one else hears. This is a creepy story by Barbara Michaels- and one of her best!

[victorianrose869 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

March 22, 1999The Crying ChildBarbara MichaelsA young woman goes to visit her sister and brother-in-law on their huge estate on an island off Main somewhere. The older sister has lost a child, and is obsessed by the haunting sounds of a child crying – sounds that come from somewhere in the dark woods behind the house. Soon, everyone hears it.A genuine ghost story, and a tragic story of an unwanted child. More vintage, fabulous Barbara Michaels!!!