The Other Lotus Girl

Author(s): Daniel A Riddle

Location(s): Guildford

Genre(s): Crime, Thriller

Era(s): Modern Day

“An emotional read that kept me on the edge of my seat… a roller coaster ride filled with danger, humor, and lies.” – Readers’ Favorite

She escaped the traffickers. Now the real chase begins.

It was supposed to be an ordinary Thursday evening in Guildford. But when a terrified young woman throws herself into Stuart Henderson’s car begging for help, his comfortable life shatters in an instant.

Her name is Vân. For twenty brutal months she has been traded like property across Europe, sold in warehouses, hidden in basements, and erased by a system designed to make people disappear. She has survived by becoming invisible. But now she is running, and the men who claim to own her want her back.

Stuart, his husband Martin, and their eccentric neighbour John quickly become the only thing standing between Vân and the people hunting her. Outmatched, unarmed, and driving a battered Nissan Micra, they find an unexpected ally in seventy-three-year-old Barbara Patterson, sharp-tongued, stubborn, and hiding ghosts of her own.

As the night spirals into violence, the group is forced to confront what courage truly looks like. Sometimes it doesn’t roar. Sometimes it is six people in a broken car refusing to give up.

Unflinching in its darkness yet disarmingly warm in its humour, The Other Lotus Girl is a story about chosen family, unexpected bravery, and the price of survival.

“The writing style is engaging, and the theme of human trafficking is handled with great care.” – Readers’ Favorite

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