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byGillian McAllister

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They Took Her Daughter. Now She’ll Break Every Rule to Get Her Back.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Famous Last Words and Wrong Place Wrong Time comes an unmissable new thriller

Simone's holiday to Texas was meant to be some much needed bonding time with her teenage daughter, Lucy.

On their first night in the desert, Simone wakes to find Lucy missing and a mobile phone in her place. The phone rings: Lucy has been taken and, in order to get her back, Simone must commit a crime.

As Simone prepares to follow the kidnapper's instructions, she feels certain that there is nothing she wouldn't do to save Lucy. But becoming a wanted woman is just the start...

'The best of the best' LISA JEWELL

'As moving as it is gripping' SOPHIE HANNAH

'Utterly original' SHARI LAPENA

'You’ll gasp, you’ll cry, you’ll never forget this story' HOLLY SEDDON

© Gillian McAllister 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

An unputdownable adventure that was both heartwarming and thrilling! Everything I've come to expect from Gillian McAllister!

FREIDA MCFADDEN

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.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781405961851
  • Price: £14.00
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