The Other Daughter

Nine years ago her daughter was taken. And now she’s back. Two-and-a-half-year-old Holly is playing happily in a pink plastic playhouse, while her mother Rachel sips coffee and chats with a friend nearby. It should be an ordinary day for all of them. But, in the blink of an eye, it turns into every family’s worst nightmare. Holly is taken by a stranger and never found. Nine years later, Rachel is living a quiet life in Dorset. She’s tried to keep things together since the traumatic day when she lost her eldest daughter. She has a new family, a loving partner and her secrets are locked away in her painful past. Until one afternoon when Rachel meets a new school parent Kate and her teenage daughter Bella. Rachel’s world is instantly turned upside down – she’s seen Bella before. She’d recognise that face anywhere – it’s her missing child. And she will stop at nothing to get her back… From the million-copy-bestselling author of The Secret Mother and The Perfect Family, this utterly gripping psychological thriller will have you up all night reading. If you loved Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Sister this book is for you. Why readers are completely gripped by The Other Daughter: ‘Wow WOW wow... can't say enough good things about this book!!... unputdownable... read it in one sitting. This author never seems to disappoint!!’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘OMG this book was one of the best I have ever read. Now I know what it means when someone says they couldn't put a book down… amazing… Excellent writing. Fabulous plot… Ten stars once again!’ NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars ‘I really love Shalini Boland books… extremely well written, tightly plotted, page turners… would have given it far more than five stars if I could. Very very highly recommended.’ Nicki’s Life of Crime, 5 stars ‘Oh wow! What. A. Book. It left me breathless!... full of suspense, cliff hangers and twists. I read this in one sitting as after that start there was no way I could put it down… will recommend this book to everyone I know. Deserves more than 5 stars.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Just blew me away. From the first chapter I couldn't put it down… her best novel yet. I wish I could give it 6 stars.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Ohh my god this was simply AMAZING!! That ending just completely blew my mind!... a masterpiece… absolutely captivating read!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars