Don't miss this gripping, twisty psychological thriller, perfect for fans of K.L. Slater, J D Kirk and Freida McFadden 📚
He's been in my house.
He's taken my children.
What am I to do?
Vicki has done everything to protect her children. Their father was out of control – every day, his life embroiled in lies, drugs, chaos. So she cut him off, for good.
But when she comes home to a distraught babysitter, panic hits.
The kids are gone. And Lee says he’s not bringing them back.
Vicki can see how he persuaded the babysitter – Jess is young. Naïve. Easy to manipulate. The perfect pawn in his twisted plan.
But then Jess disappears too.
Is this just a father trying to take back what’s his? Or has something much darker wormed its way into her perfect family?
From the bestselling author of Missing comes an unputdownable story of a mother's strength, a family's secrets and the neverending question of: just who can you trust?!
Ruby Speechley is a bestselling psychological thriller writer, whose titles include, Gone, Missing, Guilty, The Uninvited Guest and Stolen. Vanished, her tenth novel, will be out on 15th July 2026.
Ruby's early novels, Someone Else's Baby, The Daughter You Left (previously, Every Little Secret), and A Mother Like You, have all been recently re-published by Boldwood Books (originally published by Hera). They Have My Baby (previously, The Face at the Window) was re-published on 14 May 2026.
Known for their twisty page-turning plots, relatable characters and gripping suspense, Ruby's novels explore dark domestic themes involving trust, secrets, confessions, betrayal, parenting and dysfunctional families, alongside crimes such as abduction, blackmail, online surveillance, and the dangers of AI and social media.
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Ruby came to the UK as a baby and was raised here by her English father and Portuguese mother. She moved to Cheshire during lockdown in 2020 with her husband and two of her three children (and two Springer spaniels) to be near her eldest son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.
You can contact her on X: @rubyspeechley
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Stolen
Written By Ruby Speechley
Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews
First, I want to thank Ruby Speechley, Boldwood Books and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review.
Ruby would like to dedicate this book to her bookworm daughter Sophie.
Dang!! Ruby Speechley wasted no time and dove straight into the intense nail biting edge of your seat scenes in her psychological thriller Stolen. Ruby’s descriptions were insanely detailed, the storyline was fast paced. I felt as if I was a fly on the wall watching the events in the prologue unfold. Being a fan of not only Ruby Speechley but of missing person cases I really enjoyed this book and would recommend this to anyone’s TBR list.
My heart was beating outside of my chest putting myself in Vicki’s shoes not knowing what was going on with her children who she put in the care of a babysitter-Jess!! Why couldn’t she get a hold of her children or the babysitter? Why were their phones off? My anxiety was going through the roof along with Vicki’s!! I was praying that they were ok.
Lee was my least favorite character for oh so many reasons!! You will just have to read the book to figure out why I said what I said! Let me know if you agree that he is your least favorite too!
Stolen is very fast paced, thrilling, gripping, nail-biting, twisted read that you will want to put on your TBR list.
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