Forgotten: A Gripping Psychological Thriller About a Missing Child and Buried Secrets

by Alison Lyle

Ten years ago, Rose vanished. Today, her mother swears she’s come home.

After a fire destroys the house where her toddler daughter disappeared, Julia and her family move into a creaking Victorian across town. To everyone else, it’s a fresh start. To Julia, it’s a sign.

Now, in a snowbound neighborhood, she swears she sees her daughter’s footprints in the snow.

Her husband says she’s unraveling. Her children are embarrassed. The neighbors call her dangerous. But Julia knows what she saw. And she’ll risk her marriage, her sanity, and her freedom to prove that Rose is still alive. Until the night the truth finally comes out, and it’s worse than anything she imagined.

Forgotten is a gripping psychological thriller about obsession, buried secrets, and the price of refusing to let go.

“A haunting, heart-in-the-throat thriller that grips from the first page and doesn’t let go. I devoured it.” –Reader Review

242 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication February 23, 2026

About the author

Alison Lyle writes fast, twisty psychological thrillers that explore the secrets we keep, the lies we tell, and the breaking points of ordinary people. Her debut novel, Her Family Secrets, is a dark, gripping suspense about obsession, betrayal, and the women written out of their own stories.

Originally from Chicago, Alison now lives on Achill Island, Ireland, with her husband, seven kids, too many pets, and the occasional trespassing sheep.