The Mother: A shocking thriller about every mother’s worst fear…

The Mother: A shocking thriller about every mother’s worst fear…
Jaime Raven

I’ve taken your daughter, as punishment for what you did …Prepare to be gripped by the heart-stopping new thriller from the author of The Madam.South London detective Sarah Mason is a single mother. It’s a tough life, but Sarah gets by. She and her ex-husband, fellow detective Adam Boyd, adore their 15-month-old daughter Molly.Until Sarah’s world falls apart when she receives a devastating threat: Her daughter has been taken, and the abductor plans to raise Molly as their own, as punishment for something Sarah did.Sarah is forced to stand back while her team try to track down the kidnapper. But her colleagues aren’t working fast enough to find Molly. To save her daughter, Sarah must take matters into her own hands, in a desperate hunt that will take her to the very depths of London’s underworld.

Copyright (#ube3b4835-3d38-5c49-8208-97f6498d50ac)

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First published in Great Britain by AVON 2017

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Source ISBN: 9780008253462

Ebook Edition © September 2017 ISBN: 9780008253479

Version: 2017-07-31

Dedication (#ube3b4835-3d38-5c49-8208-97f6498d50ac)

This one is dedicated to my agent Leslie Gardner, whose help and guidance is very much appreciated

Table of Contents

Cover (#u00084049-9dd0-536c-ae86-779ec8d3d647)

Title Page (#uaa5d8549-e327-52e1-a1a5-5a2c85660864)

Copyright (#u86bdbb4a-d251-5bde-85cd-f748fd4d036c)

Dedication (#u12ea0ea8-adca-56ae-8260-ac2eae29469a)

Chapter 1 (#u0b7c3841-bdff-5029-9e0b-c668069ab617)

Chapter 2 (#u87055b4e-7ffe-5143-bd48-1e8e94ef49f1)

Chapter 3 (#u604fff73-8913-5ad0-82e7-b8d5efbbb160)

Chapter 4 (#ua51d6500-0bca-55c0-8896-f63a06c41c41)

Chapter 5 (#u3b601add-b34c-5bfd-9f45-6a470a1df554)

Chapter 6 (#ufe14fb4f-673e-5557-9cff-bbbc1c9ddaf4)

Chapter 7 (#u13ed8ffe-2e77-5dea-9c95-60978cdcf520)

Chapter 8 (#u6d9999c6-fba9-5e46-a535-ad9cf12b2dd0)

Chapter 9 (#u996c6b9d-ad66-5e7c-ad64-cef66682d12b)

Chapter 10 (#ua5f0693f-1d12-5c65-a53f-e1edc31a3983)

Chapter 11 (#ue2f83256-5e7a-5d2f-8e5a-ef4ad6d60f89)

Chapter 12 (#u1e17dea4-41a6-5f4f-9248-68c8cea84305)

Chapter 13 (#uf668ef40-e21f-5918-bc0f-8b07f96850c4)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)