The Stay-at-Home Mother

By: Nicole Trope

Narrated by: Taryn Ryan

Her chest tightens, her heart speeding up. The kitchen is chaos. She steps on something hard, and looks down. Toy dinosaurs are scattered everywhere. But her son is nowhere–her baby boy is gone.

The police arrive. She can’t look at her husband. Instead, she studies the network of lines on her shaking hands.

Then her phone beeps with a voice message. "Listen to it on speaker," says the detective.

A woman’s voice fills the air.

"I’m assuming this is the Andrea Gately listed as a contact on the Missing Children of the World website. I’m calling to let you know that I’ve given your details to the police. Why are you using a picture of my son on a missing children’s website? Why are you using it and where did you get it?"

A psychological thriller that will leave you gasping with shock and staying up way past your bedtime. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Liane Moriarty and Adele Parks.

©2023 Nicole Trope (P)2022 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

Disappointing

The story was not a psychological thriller! It was a bunch of dialogue. Did not enjoy & would not consider this a thriller

Good listen

This was good. Easy to listen to. Didn't like the 'Midwest drawl'. LOL Folks from Kansas don't sound like that. Voice as Jack was cute.

Loved it

Loved the story and the NARRATOR so much!! I enjoy the twists and turns and recommend it.

Wow

This one has me biting my nails. Though in real life things wouldn’t work the way it did but the story was entertaining and the twist really shocked me.

just wow

I found this a great story that had me on the edge of my seat. I read a lot of these types of stories and can usually piece together the broad strokes of the ending before I get there. But this book ended very unexpectedly. I liked the surprise of it. I also liked the many clues spread throughout starting with the beginning itself. I don't know if the author wrote the beginning first, or the ending first, but the cleaver weave of minor red flags throughout was brilliant.