Caller Unknown

They Took Her Daughter. Now She’ll Break Every Rule to Get Her Back.

Simone's holiday to Texas was meant to be some much needed bonding time with her teenage daughter, Lucy.

On their first night in the desert, Simone wakes to find Lucy missing and a mobile phone in her place. The phone rings: Lucy has been taken and, in order to get her back, Simone must commit a crime.

As Simone prepares to follow the kidnapper's instructions, she feels certain that there is nothing she wouldn't do to save Lucy. But becoming a wanted woman is just the start...

Author: Gillian McAllister

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense

Published on 9 Apr 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd.