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The Day I Lost You
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  • Published: 31 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781804953525
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $38.00
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The Day I Lost You

  • Ruth Mancini
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Paperback
9 June 2026
Tr. Paperback
2 Dec 2025
EBook
31 July 2025
Audiobook
31 July 2025
Hardback
31 Aug 2025
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One child, two mothers and a past that won't let them go. A second brilliantly twisty thriller novel by Sunday Times bestselling Ruth Mancini.

‘I need to report a crime. My baby has been stolen.’

All Lauren wants is a new life in Spain. She’s suffered an unimaginable loss, but at last she has found a home in the pretty seaside town of Mantilla de Mar. Everyone deserves a new start, and Lauren needs to put her past firmly behind her.

Hope has everything: an interesting career as a therapist, an attractive husband, a dream home in the countryside - and, finally, the baby she always longed for. Sam. Her beautiful boy.

But Sam has gone missing.

So when the police tell her that a woman has been found in Spain with a child matching Sam’s description, Hope thinks that her nightmare might be coming to an end.

But Lauren is insisting Sam is her baby. She even has his passport and birth certificate to prove it.

So what really happened to Baby Sam? And who still has secrets to hide?

One child. Two mothers. And a past that won’t let them go.
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'A thrill-ride of a novel - dark, riveting and twisty' Lucy Clarke
‘Razor-sharp plotting, great writing ... a pitch-perfect legal thriller’ Harriet Tyce
  • Published: 31 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781804953525
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $38.00
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Praise for The Day I Lost You

This one really packs an emotional punch. Thought-provoking, compelling and, at times, heart-breaking. Really kept me guessing, right up until the end.

Anna Mazzola, bestselling author of The Clockwork Girl

Fresh, original, utterly intriguing and so, so clever

Andrea Mara, bestselling author of No One Saw A Thing

A clever, compelling rollercoaster ride of a book, never letting up until its final resolution

Jennie Godfrey, Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things

A propulsive, emotional thriller ... I flew through it changing my mind every few pages about whose side I was on. A hugely satisfying read!

C.L. Taylor

A thriller you won’t be able to put down

The Sun

Your heart and your head will doubtless be conflicted as the labyrinthian plot unravels. Brilliant!

Peterborough Evening Telegraph

This twisty chiller will keep you hooked until the very end

Crime Monthly

A gripping, twist-driven custody thriller

Mandy Webster