Ripped Into: Stuart Finlay, Book 1

by Jack Chandler, Jonathan Keeble (Narrator)

Find the girl. Get her out. Bring her home. What could go wrong?

As a private investigator, Fin has built a successful career by reuniting families with their lost runaways. Then a stranger appears at his door with a cash-filled envelope and a newspaper clipping. The man's stepdaughter, sixteen-year-old Sarah Matthews, disappeared a year ago after emptying her mother's bank account, and allegedly torching her family home.

Now her stepfather wants Fin to find her, but everyone Fin approaches–from classmates to the police–is unwilling to talk about the missing girl, and independent witnesses with no incentive to lie are corroborating stories that can’t possibly be true.

As Fin fights to discover the truth, he finds himself sucked into an unforgiving world of violence and sexual obsession that becomes more deadly with each revelation.

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Published January 29, 2026

About the author

Jack Chandler is a sleep-deprived parent, wife, author, and willing participant in an unbalanced cohabitation contract with a cat. She spends her time writing, playing strategic board games, doing puzzles, and turning the house and garden into a jungle.
Her first thriller, Ripped Into, became a Hot New Release within five days of publication, and a Bestseller on Amazon within two weeks.
Check out her website for a free story in the series.