He's been in my house. He's taken my children. What am I to do?
Vicki has done everything to protect her children. Their father was out of control – every day, his life embroiled in lies, drugs, chaos. So she cut him off, for good.
But when she comes home to a distraught babysitter, panic hits.
The kids are gone. And Lee says he’s not bringing them back.
Vicki can see how he persuaded the babysitter – Jess is young. Naïve. Easy to manipulate. The perfect pawn in his twisted plan.
But then Jess disappears too.
Is this just a father trying to take back what’s his? Or has something much darker wormed its way into her perfect family?
A gripping, twisty psychological thriller perfect for fans of K.L. Slater, J D Kirk and Freida McFadden.
Praise for Ruby Speechley:
‘Secrets, lies and betrayal, this book has the lot! It kept me up way later than I intended racing through to the end and what an ending it was!’ Rona Halsall
'immensely readable and hugely entertaining - so compelling that I read it in a matter of hours' Fiona Mitchell
'A very tense situational thriller that had me guessing right up to the end. I loved it!' Dawn Goodwin
'A page-turning thriller with a shocking and original conclusion. Mesmerising.' Catherine Cooper
'A great take on the missing child narrative and a total page turner - I simply HAD to know what had happened.' S E Lynes
'A twisty page-turner of a novel that kept me guessing until the very end!' Mandy Byatt
'A brilliant read. Such an anxiety-inducing, suspenseful domestic thriller!' Alice Hunter
'A compelling and original page-turner!' Roz Watkins
'A talent to watch' Sam Blake
'...any parents' worst nightmare, a twisty domestic thriller with an ending that will take your breath away' S. A. Harris
‘A fantastic, fast-paced novel with at its heart the strained relationship between a loving mother and her wayward teenage son. Unpredictable and unputdownable.’ Diane Jeffrey
Ruby Speechley is a bestselling psychological thriller writer, whose titles include Someone Else’s Baby. Previously published by Hera, she has been a journalist and worked in PR and lives in Cheshire.