A Matter of Chance: A Novel [Paperback]

When eight-year-old Vinni Stewart disappears from a Jersey shore town, Maddy, her distraught single mother, begins a desperate search for her daughter. Maddys five-year journey leads her to a bakery in Brooklyn, where she stumbles upon something terrifying. Ultimately, her artist neighbor Evelyn reconnects Maddy to her passion for painting and guides her to a life transformed through art.Detective John DOrfini sees more than a kidnapping in the plot-thickening twists of chance surrounding Vinnis disappearance, but his warnings to stay away from the investigation do not deter Maddy, even when her search puts her in danger. When the Russian Mafia warns her to stop sniffing into their business, Maddy must make a choice whether to save one childeven if it might jeopardize saving her own.2019 Eric Hoffer Award Winner in General Fiction2019 Foreword Indies Finalist in Adult FictionThriller & Suspense Maloney highlights the risks a mother will take to save her child, and the will and determination to never give up hope, in an intriguing literary-thriller/women's-fiction crossover that will appeal to readers looking for a sophisticated puzzle. BooklistIn this effortlessly readable novel, Julie Maloney beautifully and sensitively captures the heartache and longing of a mother whose quest to find her daughter forces her to face the ghosts of her own past.Christina Baker Kline, author of theNew York Timesbest-sellingOrphan TrainJulie MaloneysA Matter of Chancecaptures the desperate heartache of a mothers unthinkable loss in haunting, beautiful prose. Maloneys vividly etched characters immediately drew me into this suspenseful, emotionally stirring novel.A Matter of Chanceis not to be missed.Heather Gudenkauf,New York Timesbest-selling author ofThe Weight of SilenceandNot A SoundHow do we hold on to the things weve lost? In Maloneys incandescent novel, an eight-year-old girl vanishes, leadil³"