Stolen

Echoes of a Vanished Childhood

When single mother Cora Bennett finally feels she’s turned the corner—landing a stable job, securing a safe home, and nurturing an unbreakable bond with her eight-year-old son, Alex—her world is shattered in an instant. On a rainy Tuesday afternoon, Alex is taken from the playground without a trace. Susan Lewis’s heart-wrenching thriller Stolen plunges readers into the desperate aftermath of that moment: Cora’s frantic search amid indifferent bureaucrats, cryptic eyewitness reports, and the untold horrors lurking in the shadows of a city that seems unwilling to listen. Every abandoned swing and empty sandbox becomes a haunting reminder that time is slipping away—and with it, the last chance to bring her son home.

Race Against a Cruel Clock

Determined not to be silenced, Cora teams up with Detective Inspector Marcus Reed, a seasoned investigator haunted by his own past failures. Together, they unravel a web of false leads and hidden agendas that point toward a sinister underworld of opportunistic kidnappers and human traffickers. As Cora delves deeper—hacking into closed-circuit footage, interrogating suspects in dimly lit interrogation rooms, and following the trail of ransom demands—she discovers that the price of freedom may exceed anything she can afford. With each passing hour, the tension mounts: cryptic phone calls, coded messages scrawled on receipt stubs, and the chilling knowledge that some secrets are buried so deep, they threaten to claim more than one victim.

Shattered Trust, Fractured Hope

In a breathtaking climax set beneath the neon glare of an abandoned warehouse, Cora and Marcus confront the mastermind orchestrating Alex’s disappearance. Loyalties are tested, betrayals exposed, and the line between justice and vengeance blurs under the weight of a mother’s grief. Susan Lewis weaves a pulse-pounding narrative that explores the fierce love driving Cora’s every step, the moral compromises made in the name of survival, and the ultimate question: what are we willing to sacrifice to reclaim what was stolen?

. Susan Lewis is a bestselling British author renowned for her gripping domestic thrillers, richly drawn characters, and the emotional depth that keeps readers turning pages long into the night.