The Daughter You Left: A tense and twisting psychological thriller from Ruby Speechley

An ✨UNPUTDOWNABLE✨ suspense novel from the bestselling author of MISSING, perfect for fans of K.L. Slater, J D Kirk and Freida McFadden ⚡️Lightning never strikes twice… does it?⚡️

I never thought I’d have to tell my daughter, Emily, her sister was gone. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. But now, somehow, I have to do it again ­– because her father is missing.

As soon as I saw the police on my doorstep, I just knew that tragedy had befallen our family a second time.

After everything we’ve been through ­­– the crushing grief, the endless guilt – I can understand the need to run. But days have passed and still there’s no trace of Max.

He wouldn’t leave our daughter. Not like this. Not after everything.

Unless he couldn’t help it. Unless something happened.

I can’t help but question: is there someone else involved? Someone who knows exactly how to break a family already on the edge?

I thought I’d lost everything once. I can’t survive it happening again…

A heartbroken mother, a missing father, a whole host of secrets buried within a seemingly normal family. Don't miss this tense and twisty psychological suspense novel.

Previously published as Every Little Secret Praise for Ruby Speechley: ‘Secrets, lies and betrayal, this book has the lot! It kept me up way later than I intended racing through to the end and what an ending it was!’ Rona Halsall

'immensely readable and hugely entertaining - so compelling that I read it in a matter of hours' Fiona Mitchell

'A very tense situational thriller that had me guessing right up to the end. I loved it!' Dawn Goodwin

'A page-turning thriller with a shocking and original conclusion. Mesmerising.' Catherine Cooper

'A great take on the missing child narrative and a total page turner - I simply HAD to know what had happened.' S E Lynes

'A twisty page-turner of a novel that kept me guessing until the very end!' Mandy Byatt

'A brilliant read. Such an anxiety-inducing, suspenseful domestic thriller!' Alice Hunter

'A compelling and original page-turner!' Roz Watkins

'A talent to watch' Sam Blake

'...any parents' worst nightmare, a twisty domestic thriller with an ending that will take your breath away' S. A. Harris

‘A fantastic, fast-paced novel with at its heart the strained relationship between a loving mother and her wayward teenage son. Unpredictable and unputdownable.’ Diane Jeffrey

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Release date

Ebook: 11 December 2025