Matilda Is Missing

A heart-breaking story of two warring parents in a child custody case—and the innocent little girl caught in the middle. Garry Hartshorn and Softie Monaghan were never love's young dream. Not even on their wedding day. Softie was sophisticated, a career woman, who owned a nice apartment overlooking St Kilda Beach. Garry had a few rough edges, plus one failed marriage and an assortment of jobs under his belt. But Softie's body clock was ticking, and Garry wanted children . . . So they got married, and produced the only thing they ever had in common. Matilda. Now, two years later, their golden-haired child is at the center of a bitter divorce and custody battle. Both parents insist that her well-being is the only thing they care about. Yet, in truth, Matilda was always the one most likely to become lost.

Caroline Overington is the author of two nonfiction books, Only in New York and Kickback, which won the Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature. She has twice won a Walkley Award for Investigative Journalism, and has also won the Sir Keith Murdoch Award for Journalistic Excellence. She is the author of the novels Ghost Child, I Came to Say Goodbye, and Sisters of Mercy.