The Day I Lost You

Author Ruth Mancini
Narrator George Blagden, Olivia Poulet, Louise Brealey, Ruth Mancini, Roy McMillan
Publisher Cornerstone
Publish Date 31 July 2025
Run Time 7 hours and 55 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Thriller / suspense fiction.

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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.

© Ruth Mancini 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Critics Review

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

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

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

This twisty chiller will keep you hooked until the very end

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