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The Stolen Child

By: Carmel Harrington
Narrated by: Emer Heatley
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*The Irish Times No. 1 bestseller*
*A Sunday Times best crime fiction of the year selection*

'One of the greatest twists I've ever read' CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD

'An addictive, immersive, incredibly poignant page-turner ' ANDREA MARA

It's every parent's worst nightmare. But there's no waking up from this . . .
On board a cruise ship in the Mediterranean, Kimberly wakes to discover that her two-year-old son Robert has vanished from the cabin overnight. She and her husband Jason vow to do whatever it takes to bring Robert home.

But he is never found.

Forty years later, their therapist daughter Lily welcomes a new client into her home. Zach has a shocking theory about what happened to her brother Robert years before.

If Zach is to be believed, someone out there knows what happened on that ship. And they would do anything to stop the truth getting out.

But secrets always find a way to reveal themselves . . .

©2025 Carmel Harrington (P)2025 Headline Publishing Group Limited Domestic Thrillers Family Life Genre Fiction Psychological Thriller & Suspense Exciting Transportation

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Loved the storyline and the characters were very believable. Great twist. Looking forward to the next novel by Carmel Harrington

Another great book by a great author

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I loved everything about this book
Best listen in a long time can’t wait for the next one

Great story

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I loved all fantastic read .such a great story could not put it down at all

just a greatvbook

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I loved the storyline
I love the characters
I really didn’t know who was who until the end.
Very interesting.
I kept hearing the narrater swallowing which was a bit annoying

Kept me guessing right until the end

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loved the way the I was drawn in by the characters development. a great read. highly recommend

Great characters

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Great story really enjoy listening Great twist would highly recommend it.. 5 start from me

Great

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I enjoyed the story, easy listen which kept me engaged. It was somewhat predictable in part, some chapters were overly long I felt and went slightly off on a tangent. But it’s a good listen, But…. I really never want to complain about the narrator but in the last third of the book I really struggled to keep listening. The narrator’s mouth noises were very distracting and difficult for me to listen to. I didn’t notice them really until the last third of the book and then could not hear anything else. I really struggled to finish the book because of it, I am sad to report. I think quality control should pick up on things like this with an audiobook as it has a huge impact. I shall check other reviews to see if I am the only one who found it a problem. If this is the case then clearly the issue is with me.

Great book but struggled in parts with narrator

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Fantastic author. This was my first book by her after seeing her on ireland AM. I will be reading/listening to many more. I couldnt put this book down!

gripping

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Enjoyed the split narrative of the two stories and couldn’t wait to find out how they would be connected. It was a pleasure listening to it.

Interesting, engaging and clever.

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This story was really good. It provided me with a good few hours of escapism. However, the narrators incessant swallowing and cheek sucking mouth sounds nearly drove me to distraction! I've never heard this before on an audio book. It surely could have, indeed should have, been edited out!

Mouth Sounds

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