{"product_id":"the-lost-child-a-gripping-detective-thriller-with-a-heart-stopping-twist-paperback-1","title":"The Lost Child: A Gripping Detective Thriller with a Heart-Stopping Twist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Gibney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Let me out! Please . . .' My tiny fists pound the door, but my voice reverberates off the stone walls and hangs in the air as if suspended by spider's webs. No one comes . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Years later, a woman is found face-down in a pool of blood. \u003cb\u003eDetective Lottie Parker\u003c\/b\u003e is called to the remote farmhouse in the bleak Irish countryside. Inside, she finds a scene that speaks of uncontrollable rage: glasses smashed, chairs ripped apart, the woman's body broken. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A black rain jacket makes Lottie think she knows the killer's identity, but then she finds a disturbing clue: is the murder linked to an old case at St Declan's asylum - a case investigated by her own father, just before he took his life? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When another victim is left without her tongue on the hospital steps, and a young girl goes missing, Lottie knows she has to act fast. Can she face her own demons and uncover the truth before another life is taken? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn absolutely gripping page-turner from the million-copy bestselling author of Irish Top 10 bestsellers, \u003ci\u003eThe Missing Ones\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Stolen Girls\u003c\/i\u003e. If you love \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarin Slaughter, Tess Gerritsen and Helen Fields\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, you'll be completely hooked.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia is the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the DI Lottie Parker series. She yearned to be a writer after reading Enid Blyton and Carolyn Keene and even wanted to be Nancy Drew when she grew up. She has now grown up (she thinks) but the closest she's come to Nancy Drew is writing crime!In 2009, after her husband died, she retired from her job and started writing seriously. Fascinated by people and their quirky characteristics, she always carries a notebook to scribble down observations.Patricia also loves to paint in watercolour and lives in the Irish midlands with her children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46847833768075,"sku":"9780751572483","price":29.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/1F1iMM0Pvn9780751572483.webp?v=1777971018","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-lost-child-a-gripping-detective-thriller-with-a-heart-stopping-twist-paperback-1","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}