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The Child
- Author
- Mandasue Heller
- Narrator
- Emily Spowage
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 30 July 2026
- Run Time
- 7 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
SHE INHERITED HIS FORTUNE.
AND HIS SECRET SON...
Isla Hanson has the perfect life: a big house in the suburbs and a doting, older husband, Jerry. Only one thing is missing - a baby.
When Jerry dies suddenly, Isla's world is torn apart. Especially when a young woman turns up at the funeral and claims that Jerry is her baby's father.
Isla is sure that her husband wouldn't have betrayed her, but as she listens to Melanie's story, she begins to doubt everything about the man she loved.
And she soon realises the lengths she'll go to keep the small child in her life...
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Details
- Author
- Mandasue Heller
- Narrator
- Emily Spowage
- Duration
- 7 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 July 2026
- ISBN
- 9781398713468
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction
Synopsis
*The Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author is back with her unputdownable new thriller!*SHE INHERITED HIS FORTUNE. AND HIS SECRET SON... Isla Hanson has the perfect life: a big house in the suburbs and a doting, older husband, Jerry. Only one thing is missing - a baby.When Jerry dies suddenly, Isla's world is torn apart. Especially when a young woman turns up at the funeral and claims that Jerry is her baby's father.Isla is sure that her husband wouldn't have betrayed her, but as she listens to Melanie's story, she begins to doubt everything about the man she loved.And she soon realises the lengths she'll go to keep the small child in her life...
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