A nine year-old girl is abandoned in a hospital ER. When she comes round, she remembers nothing about herself or her past. Melanie is adopted by Dr Harper Stokes and his wife, whose own daughter was murdered. Years later, a has-been reporter starts investigating Melanies true parentage, leading to the arrival of threatening notes. Paperback , 404 pages Published February 1st 2010 by Orion (first published July 1st 1999)