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'Your children are only ever on loan to you...'

Simone's holiday with her teenage daughter was meant to be some much-needed bonding time before Lucy leaves home.

But on the first night of the trip, in a cabin in the desert, Simone wakes to find Lucy missing and a mobile phone in her place. The phone rings and the voice on the other end issues a shocking demand: Don’t tell the police. Come to this location. Be prepared to do a deal…

When she tells her husband, Damien, back home in England, he insists that she call the police. But Simone feels certain that there is nothing she wouldn’t do to save her daughter. Even if that means shattering her life as she knows it...

PRAISE FOR GILLIAN MCALLISTER

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About Gillian McAllister

Gillian McAllister is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of nine stand-alone novels. Her books have been selected for the Radio 2 Book Club, Reese's Book Club and the Richard & Judy Book Club. Her previous novel, Wrong Place Wrong Time, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month and was shortlisted for The British Book Awards Crime & Thriller Book of the Year and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Gillian's books are published in thirty-eight languages.
Details
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • ISBN: 9780241648056
  • Length: 416 pages
  • Price: £16.99
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