Day I Lost You

By: Ruth Mancini

Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 2025-12-02

<p>The internationally bestselling author of The Woman on the Ledge returns with a twisty thriller about a missing child and three adults whose shared secrets and hidden history could prove deadly.</p> <p>"I need to report a crime. My baby has been stolen."</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>But Sam has gone missing.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>But Lauren is insisting Sam is her baby. She even has his passport and birth certificate to prove it.</p> <p>So what really happened to Baby Sam? And who still has secrets to hide?</p> <p>One child. Two mothers. And a past that won't let them go.</p>