Taken

Taken

Summary

A beautiful woman
Model and it-girl Tara Parker Trench is famous across Ireland - with her beauty, glittering lifestyle and perfect three-year-old son Presley, she seems to have it all.

A stolen child
Until, one cold wet Dublin night, Tara pulls into a service station for petrol, leaving Presley strapped into the back of her car. Five minutes later he's gone, kidnapped while his mother's back was turned.

A hidden world
Tara, terrified and hysterical, begs DI Jo Birmingham to help her find her child. But why doesn't Tara want the public to know he's missing? Soon, Jo is drawn into a dark underworld of corruption and extortion, where sex is a commodity, and life is cheap. Who is really telling Jo the truth about the missing little boy- and who's got too much to hide?

A gripping crime novel, with an unforgettable heroine - welcome to the dark side of Dublin's Fair City

Reviews

  • Gripping, terrifying. If you like Martina Cole, you'll love this
    Tess Gerritsen

About the author

Niamh O'Connor

Niamh O’Connor is one of Ireland’s best known crime authors. She is the true crime editor for the Sunday World, Ireland’s biggest selling Sunday newspaper. Her four novels, If I Never See You Again, Taken,Too Close For Comfort and Blink, have introduced a refreshing heroine in feisty CS Jo Birmingham and two have been shortlisted for Irish Book Awards. Niamh is also the bestselling true crime author of Blood Ties, Cracking Crime, and The Black Widow.
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