Give Me the Child cover art

Give Me the Child

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

Give Me the Child

By: Mel McGrath
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

Imagine your doorbell rings in the middle of the night.

You open the door to the police.

With them is your husband's eleven-year-old love child. A daughter you never knew he had.

Her mother has been found dead in their south London flat.

She has nowhere else to go.

Would you take her in?

Compulsive, dark and devastating, Give Me the Child is a uniquely skilful thriller with an unforgettable twist.

©2017 Mel McGrath (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Urban Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Wedding Guest cover art
Two Wrongs cover art
Her Husband's Mistake cover art
Don't Let Her Stay cover art
Dark Place to Hide cover art
The Affair cover art
The Party on Laurel Street cover art
The Stepson cover art
The Life She Wants cover art
Heartless cover art
Little Girl Lost cover art
The Girl She Wanted cover art
The Light of the Fireflies cover art
The Weight of Silence cover art
Lie to Me cover art
The Secret Mother cover art

Critic reviews

"Gripping and moving." (Erin Kelly)
"Dark, clever, terrifying." (Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train)
"You won't want to eat, sleep or blink." (Tammy Cohen)
All stars
Most relevant  
I normally listen to at least 2-4 books a week and I would rate this as one of the best. Adjoa Andoh is a fabulous narrator really making you connect with me characters. Highly recommend

Fabulous

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
okay, gripped in parts, an eye opener on deceipt and betrail, family comes first always

gripped

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I couldn't stop listening! A captivating story and really well read. It really drew me in.

Great!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I felt this book was so unrealistic yet still predictable. It's the first time I've had to speed down a narrator and that the book was way too long than it needed to be with the ending being tied up quite quickly in comparison. An interesting premise for a story but not 'meaty' or exciting.

Disappointed

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Really enjoyed this book . Listen in a day and a half . Kept me wanting to grab any chance to listen .

Loved it

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This was easy and interesting to listen to and the story kept you intrigued.

Compelling listening in this tale of family life with twists and turns

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
while asking profound questions about how society bears the consequences of children being maltreated. Superb narrator

a plot that teases the reader

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Narration was brilliant and the accents were great, although I do not know if they were accurate but, who cares they executed very well. Slightly predictable but still a good overall read.

I enjoyed it

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Not the best book I’ve read so far this year, very slow start with the suspense

Could make good movie

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Loved this story but be careful if you are listening and driving. Some parts made me want to thump my steering wheel they got me so frustrated - in a good way. Great story and characters who both intrigue and repel. I really felt for the central character tee and felt my blood boil on her behalf. I knew there was a reason I avoid kids ... Great narration really brought the audio book to life and I sailed through it in around a day.

Twisted tale of family secrets

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews