The Stolen Baby

The story of one baby boy, forgotten by his family after an air raid in WW2 Plymouth, who then disappears. Based on a true story.

Every mother's worst nightmare is about to come true...

The Stolen Baby is based on a gripping and moving true story. It is the new Second World War novel from bestselling author Diney Costeloe.

Plymouth, 1941. As sirens blare all around, the Shawbrook family take refuge in a packed shelter. Bombs have already begun to fall through the night sky when they realise their infant son, Freddie, has been forgotten in the rush, left to sleep in his crib. Terrified, Vera, his young mother races to find him and bring him to safety.

The next morning, air raid warden David Shawbrook returns from his watch to find the shelter pulverised, and his family seemingly all dead. Dirty footprints inside their home betray the looters who have rifled through the house.

Meanwhile, Maggie waits alone for her husband. Since the death of her infant son, she passes her days at home with neither joy nor aim. But not this morning. For this morning her husband has brought home a child, found abandoned in the aftermath of the terrible raid – a child she is sure is the one she held in her arms so many months before.

Praise for Diney Costeloe

'Truly captivating' Woman & Home

'This is a truly captivating read that brings together vibrant characters and a historical setting' Woman's Own

'A gripping saga' My Weekly

'A treat from the very first page. I could not put it down' Historical Novel Society