Risingshadow
Speculative Fiction Books
  • About
    • Home
    • Articles
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Service
    • Staff Members
    • Newsletter
    • Finnish (FI)
  • Books
    • New Releases
    • Coming Soon
    • Books of the Year
    • Bookshelves Activity
    • Recently Added
    • Advanced Search
    • Reviews / Comments
    • Genres and Tags
    • * Submit Book
  • Community
    • Discussions
    • - Recent Messages
    • - Recent Topics
    • - Hot Topics
    • - Popular Topics
    • - Search
    • CHALLENGES
    • - Reading Challenge
    • - Book Trivia Quiz
  • Home
  • Books
  • D. S. Butler
  • Lost Child

Lost Child

by D. S. Butler
Lost Child by D. S. Butler
Unrated

Two years ago, three-year-old Jenna vanished. Now Beth is about to find out who took her.

She only turned her back for a moment but that was all it took.
Two years ago, Beth Farrow turned her back on her three-year-old niece, Jenna, for just a few seconds. She disappeared without a trace. How does a three-year-old go missing from a crowded summer fete without anyone noticing?

When Beth leaves the country to try and escape her guilt, someone sends her a photograph from an anonymous number. It's a photograph of Jenna. She's older, but Beth is sure it's her niece.
She is determined to do what the police cannot: Find Jenna and bring her home. But someone isn't pleased when Beth returns, and they will do what ever it takes to get rid of her. This time, for good.

This dark and gripping psychological thriller is a page-turner you will not be able to put down.

Amazon: Check Best Offer

ThrillerMysteryCrime FictionPsychological ThrillerSuspense Thriller
Release date: August 1, 2017

Book Order
Amazon
Kindle
Audible
Amazon CA
Amazon UK
Amazon Europe

Your Rating
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Standard Shelves

Readers also enjoyed

One Perfect Couple
★ 8.66 / 3
Zero Days
★ 8.66 / 3
End of Story
★ 6.50 / 2
I Will Ruin You
★ 6.50 / 2
The Lie Maker
★ 6.50 / 2
When I Kill You
★ 7.00 / 1
If Something Happens to Me
★ 8.00 / 1

Join the Discussion
You can post as a guest or sign in for more features.
Have questions about this book or want to share your thoughts? Join the conversation!
D. S. Butler

D. S. Butler

D. S. Butler doesn’t just write crime fiction—she deconstructs it with the precision of a scientist and the curiosity of someone who knows that the most dangerous secrets often hide in plain sight.

Before her novels ever found a home on bestseller lists, Butler (whose real name is Danica Britton) was elbow-deep in lab research. With a PhD in biochemistry and a career that once wove through hospital pathology labs and the University of Oxford, she was trained to ask questions, examine evidence, and look closer. Those same instincts now pulse through her thrillers—only the microscopes have been traded for murder scenes, and the puzzles involve motives instead of molecules.

Read more ...

Her best-known work, the Detective Karen Hart series, is set in the rural landscapes of Lincolnshire—a setting that’s deceptively quiet, echoing with unresolved trauma and buried truths. In books like Bring Them Home and House of Lies, Butler pulls readers into layered investigations where justice is complicated, and the past is never truly gone. The emotional depth of her protagonists, paired with tightly controlled suspense, has helped the series become a mainstay for fans of British police procedurals.

Butler’s style is unmistakable: restrained yet immersive, with a focus on character psychology and procedural accuracy. Whether unraveling the inner workings of a detective’s mind or peeling back the layers of a small town’s collective guilt, her stories always feel grounded—and just a little too real.

She also writes under the names Dani Oakley and Danica Britton, exploring different aspects of crime and suspense fiction. Under those identities, she’s delved into psychological thrillers (Her Missing Daughter), domestic noir, and gritty East End dramas—each voice distinct, but tied together by an underlying fascination with human behavior under pressure.

Though she's now a bestselling author with a growing global readership, Butler still writes with the intimacy of someone telling a secret one sentence at a time. She lives in the UK but has spent time abroad, including in the Middle East, experiences that continue to shape the way she views people, power, and place.

For readers who appreciate crime fiction that prioritizes nuance over noise—and stories that value sharp observation over shock—D. S. Butler offers a slow burn that’s impossible to ignore.

More books by D. S. Butler

Detective Karen Hart Book 13 (Detective Karen Hart #13)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
Lie To Me (Detective Karen Hart #12)
⧗ 9.34 / 3
See No Evil (Detective Karen Hart #11)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
In Plain Sight (Detective Karen Hart #10)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
Leave No Trace (Detective Karen Hart #9)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
Before the Dawn (Detective Karen Hart #8)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
Find Her Alive (Detective Karen Hart #7)
Unrated
What She Said (Detective Karen Hart #6)
Unrated
On Cold Ground (Detective Karen Hart #5)
Unrated
House of Lies (Detective Karen Hart #4)
Unrated
Don't Turn Back (Detective Karen Hart #3)
Unrated
Deadly Intent (DS Jack Mackinnon Crime Series #8)
Unrated
Where Secrets Lie (Detective Karen Hart #2)
Unrated
Bring Them Home (Detective Karen Hart #1)
Unrated
Her Missing Daughter
Unrated
Deadly Game (DS Jack Mackinnon Crime Series #7)
Unrated
Deadly Payback (DS Jack Mackinnon Crime Series #6)
Unrated
Deadly Ritual (DS Jack Mackinnon Crime Series #5)
Unrated
Deadly Justice (DS Jack Mackinnon Crime Series #4)
Unrated
Deadly Obsession (DS Jack Mackinnon Crime Series #1)
Unrated
Deadly Revenge (DS Jack Mackinnon Crime Series #3)
Unrated
Deadly Motive (DS Jack Mackinnon Crime Series #2)
Unrated


^ Top
Follow Us: Newsletter | Facebook | X | Mastodon | RSS
Hosted by Planeetta Internet Oy
© 1996 - 2026 Risingshadow. All rights reserved.
This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.
Privacy Policy