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Not Your Child Kindle Edition


When Ottawa psychologist and single mother Susan Koss discovers that a strange man has been following her twelve-year-old daughter Maddy, she fears he's a predator. But it's worse than that. The man, Daniel Kazan, believes Maddy is his granddaughter, abducted as a baby—and he's obsessed with getting her back.

Susan insists on a DNA test to disprove Daniel's claim, but the result is one she can't understand or explain: it says she's not Maddy's mother.

Then Maddy vanishes. Susan's convinced Daniel has taken her, but he has an alibi, and two searches of his house turn up nothing. The hunt is on—police are on full mobilization, and Susan fears the worst.

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The disappearance of a child is difficult to read about, and Lis Angus has done an excellent job of handling the subject... this is a page turner, and one that will have readers on the edge of their seats".
~InD'tale Magazine

Not Your Child is the author's debut novel, and it is among the strongest such works I've seen. It is original and polished, with believable dialogue and a strong sense of atmosphere. Highly recommended.
~Ottawa Review of Books

Not Your Child will please suspense story readers looking for tales about children who represent the heart of conflict....It's a hard-hitting thriller that will keep readers engrossed to the end, adding unexpected twists and turns to provide delightfully intricate inspections of motive and reality, and deserves a place in any collection where suspense stories and tales of abduction and family ties are popular.
(D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review)

Lis Angus has written an engaging and gripping novel....Be prepared to be on the edge of your seat all the way through as the plot twists and turns. Then twists again. This is a powerful suspense novel with well-developed and very interesting characters. After reading Not Your Child, you will agree that she is an author to watch.
(Mike Martin, author of the Sgt. Windflower mystery series, former president Crime Writers of Canada)

Lis Angus' Not Your Child is a tautly written thriller that begins with every parent's worst nightmare—a missing child—and ratchets up the tension with unexpected plot twists. Lis explores the complex relationships between parents and children, and what can happen when a child's yearning for independence leads them to a dark place. Not Your Child is a gripping debut that will keep readers engaged until the very end."
(Michelle Hillen Klump, author of A Dash of Death)

From the Author

Welcome to readers of Not Your Child! It's my first novel, and like most first-time authors it was a long and twisty road to publication. I started writing the novel in November 2017. After seven rewrites and 81 rejections from agents and publishers, I signed a contract with The Wild Rose Press in mid-2021, with publication in April 2022. I hope you will enjoy the book!

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Lis Angus is a Canadian suspense writer. In her early career she worked with children and families in crisis. In her later career she was a respected telecommunications consultant and policy advisor, conference organizer, business writer and editor. Now retired, she lives south of Ottawa with her husband and has launched a third career as a fiction author. Her short story, A Walk in the Park, was published in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #11 in February 2022. Her debut novel, NOT YOUR CHILD, was published in April 2022 by The Wild Rose Press.

She’s a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, Crime Writers of Canada, and Capital Crime Writers, and is an active participant in the North Grenville Writers Circle. In her spare time she loves walking, reading, and watching too much Netflix. And, lately, Wordle.

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