A woman's new house brings a threatening mystery with it, in this dark, twisting tale. Polly Cooke, in her mid-thirties, has finally left rentals behind and purchased her very own house. The first weeks in the house are idyllic, as she settles in and daydreams about decorating and turning the place into a real home. But meanwhile, Jacob, a local man, has been watching her. What does he want and why is he so obsessed with Polly? Finally, one rainy night, she is on her way home—and spots the silhouette of a man in the window...

When Abby Henshaw is brutally attacked by two strangers in the countryside, her first thought is for the safety of her baby daughter, Beth. But what follows is a mother’s worst nightmare: Beth is gone and Abby's world collapses around her. As DI Michael Gardner begins to investigate Abby and her family, he discovers lives built on secrets and betrayals. Under pressure from his bosses to find the missing child and to unearth the truth, Gardner finds himself struggling to stay emotionally removed from the case, and from Abby herself. After the authorities finally shelve their investigation, Abby receives a message telling her where she can find her daughter. But how can she convince those around her that the girl really is Beth when they are the very people she knows least? A gripping and haunting debut, Stolen is a richly imagined psychological thriller from an exciting new talent in crime writing.About the AuthorRebecca was born and raised in Redcar where she still lives. She has a degree in Film and Media and an MA in Creative Writing. She has lived and worked in Holland and London, and travelled across America on a Greyhound bus in 2002. She won a Northern Writers' Award in 2010.