Don't miss this gripping, twisty psychological thriller, perfect for fans of K.L. Slater, J D Kirk and Freida McFadden 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? From the bestselling author of Missing comes an unputdownable story of a mother's strength, a family's secrets and the neverending question of: just who can you trust?! 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