The Stay-At-Home Mother

From a bestselling author, a psychological thriller about a mother's worst nightmare that will leave you on the edge of your seat--perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Liane Moriarty.​

Her chest tightens, her heart speeding up. The kitchen is chaos. She steps on something hard and looks down. Toy dinosaurs are scattered everywhere. But her son is nowhere--her baby boy is gone.

The police arrive. She can't look at her husband. Instead, she studies the network of lines on her shaking hands.

Then her phone beeps with a voice message. 'Listen to it on speaker, ' says the detective.

A woman's voice fills the air.

'I'm assuming this is the Andrea Gately listed as a contact on the Missing Children of the World website. I'm calling to let you know that I've given your details to the police. Why are you using a picture of my son on a missing children's website? Why are you using it and where did you get it?'

Author: Nicole Trope
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 01/13/2026
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781538775431
ISBN10: 1538775433
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Psychological
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense

About the Author

Nicole Trope went to university to study Law but realized the error of her ways when she did very badly on her first law essay because-as her professor pointed out- 'It's not meant to be a story.' She studied teaching instead and used her holidays to work on her writing career and complete a Masters' degree in Children's Literature.

The idea for her first published novel, The Boy under the Table, was so scary that it took a year for her to find the courage to write the emotional story. She went on to publish a further five novels in Australia before joining Bookouture in 2019. She is a USA Today and Amazon bestseller in the USA, UK, AUS and CAN.