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Stolen Truth
"A must-read psychological thriller for fans of Have You Seen Me? and The Girl on the Train." –BestThrillers.com
Bree Michaelson wakes up one day feeling drugged and confused, to find her boyfriend, Todd Armstrong, and her infant son, Noah, missing. But why does no one believe her? Lacking witnesses to her pregnancy, a birth certificate to prove a child was born, or a marriage license to prove her invisible husband ever existed, Bree will find it impossible to get the help she so desperately needs to find her baby.
Nevertheless, despite suspicious friends, family, and authorities, Bree sets out to find Todd and Noah. Only when her sister commits her to a hospital psych ward that Bree begins to doubt her own story. In the past, she suffered from a false pregnancy. Is this an imagined recurrence? She must fight to find the truth of what has happened to her-or admit that is all in her own mind.
Bree Michaelson wakes up one day feeling drugged and confused, to find her boyfriend, Todd Armstrong, and her infant son, Noah, missing. But why does no one believe her? Lacking witnesses to her pregnancy, a birth certificate to prove a child was born, or a marriage license to prove her invisible husband ever existed, Bree will find it impossible to get the help she so desperately needs to find her baby.
Nevertheless, despite suspicious friends, family, and authorities, Bree sets out to find Todd and Noah. Only when her sister commits her to a hospital psych ward that Bree begins to doubt her own story. In the past, she suffered from a false pregnancy. Is this an imagined recurrence? She must fight to find the truth of what has happened to her-or admit that is all in her own mind.
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First published March 18, 2021
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November 10, 2020
First and foremost, a large thank you to Reedsy Discovery and Henya Drescher for providing me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.
Eager to get my hands on a great psychological thriller, I turned to Henya Drescher’s Stolen Truth, which documents a woman’s struggle to find her missing husband and newborn when no one believes her. The story touches on a number of chilling themes and kept me reading into the evening as I sought to piece the underlying story together. Well worth a look by interested readers.
Bree Michaelson wakes in a haze, unsure what’s going on. She realises that she’s slept for hours longer than she ought to have and yet her newborn, Noah, has not woken. When she goes to check on him, he’s not there. In fact, there is no sign of him whatsoever, including no baby clothes, furniture, or photos. Bree’s husband, Todd, is also gone, without a trace.
In a state of panic, Bree calls the police and demands that they come help. While she waits, the reader learns through Bree that Todd was a very secretive man and forced her to cut ties with everyone she knew, friends and family alike. Noah was also born to a midwife, Connie, who had been staying with the couple. She, too, is missing.
When the local officer arrives, he does a cursory look, but nothing is adding up. There is no sign of anyone ever having lived there with Bree. The officer agrees to make some calls, but can promise nothing. Bree begins to question everything around her and cannot understand what’s going on. She remembers being pregnant and has the leaking breasts, as well as loose stomach, to show for it.
As Bree begins an investigation on her own, she discovers that no one wants to help and that her own family does not believe her. Having been isolated from everyone, she does not appear to have anything to show for her time with Todd and Noah. The more she asks questions, the fewer answers emerge.
Coming to terms with her own mental health issues in the past, Bree must try to convince herself that she is not fabricating all of this, but an inexplicable victim. Bree will need to turn to the most unlikely source for help, as they may just be her last hope to prove that she’s telling the truth. Then again, what she discovers is equally as baffling!
Having never read anything by Henya Drescher before, I was eager to check out her writing. The premise of the story had me curious and I was hooked from the early chapters. Watching Bree Michaelson appear to swim upstream to prove herself is a wonderful theme throughout this piece, while the reader questions what us real and where the mind of a traumatized woman has filled in the missing pieces.
Bree Michaelson is a wonderfully complex character, whose story emerges throughout the development of the narrative. Not only does she have to deal with a baby who has gone missing, but she questions everything about the man who got her into this mess. Where does truth end and fallacy begin? Bree’s sordid past makes it harder for others to trust her, though she is determined to prove that she is of sound mind and that someone’s targeting her for reasons as yet unknown.
Drescher does a wonderful job with her supporting characters, offering the reader a glimpse at a fabulous cross-section of people who help enrich the story. While some add only a small piece to the larger puzzle, others know Bree well and help coax out information key to the reader’s better understand of what’s taking place. The banter and interactions add much to the story and help make the plot even better.
The premise of the piece may not be entirely unique, but it was developed in such a way as to pull the reader in from the opening pages and leave them wondering. The latter portion of the book alone takes the reader down quite the rabbit hole, bringing things together in ways that few could have ever predicted. All signs of a masterful writer that can keep the reader from standing on solid ground.
Drescher uses strong writing to string the reader along, setting the scene and then opening up many of the story’s hidden doors as the plot develops. This serves to keep the reader open their toes and guessing, even if the most likely answer is right before them. Use of different chapter lengths serves to keep the reader from getting into too much of a lull, mixing up the short bits to keep the momentum going and then adding longer an more detailed portions when the information is such that one has to keep going to see how it will play out. Strong characters and a narrative that takes things in many directions keeps things fresh throughout while always leaving the reader wondering if they missed something obvious, a la Sixth Sense. Drescher is masterful in her storytelling and I can only hope to find more of her work in the coming years.
Kudos, Madam Drescher, for such a captivating piece. I will be sure to recommend others try this novel to see what they think for themselves.
Love/hate the review? An ever-growing collection of others appears at:
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A Book for All Seasons, a different sort of Book Challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Eager to get my hands on a great psychological thriller, I turned to Henya Drescher’s Stolen Truth, which documents a woman’s struggle to find her missing husband and newborn when no one believes her. The story touches on a number of chilling themes and kept me reading into the evening as I sought to piece the underlying story together. Well worth a look by interested readers.
Bree Michaelson wakes in a haze, unsure what’s going on. She realises that she’s slept for hours longer than she ought to have and yet her newborn, Noah, has not woken. When she goes to check on him, he’s not there. In fact, there is no sign of him whatsoever, including no baby clothes, furniture, or photos. Bree’s husband, Todd, is also gone, without a trace.
In a state of panic, Bree calls the police and demands that they come help. While she waits, the reader learns through Bree that Todd was a very secretive man and forced her to cut ties with everyone she knew, friends and family alike. Noah was also born to a midwife, Connie, who had been staying with the couple. She, too, is missing.
When the local officer arrives, he does a cursory look, but nothing is adding up. There is no sign of anyone ever having lived there with Bree. The officer agrees to make some calls, but can promise nothing. Bree begins to question everything around her and cannot understand what’s going on. She remembers being pregnant and has the leaking breasts, as well as loose stomach, to show for it.
As Bree begins an investigation on her own, she discovers that no one wants to help and that her own family does not believe her. Having been isolated from everyone, she does not appear to have anything to show for her time with Todd and Noah. The more she asks questions, the fewer answers emerge.
Coming to terms with her own mental health issues in the past, Bree must try to convince herself that she is not fabricating all of this, but an inexplicable victim. Bree will need to turn to the most unlikely source for help, as they may just be her last hope to prove that she’s telling the truth. Then again, what she discovers is equally as baffling!
Having never read anything by Henya Drescher before, I was eager to check out her writing. The premise of the story had me curious and I was hooked from the early chapters. Watching Bree Michaelson appear to swim upstream to prove herself is a wonderful theme throughout this piece, while the reader questions what us real and where the mind of a traumatized woman has filled in the missing pieces.
Bree Michaelson is a wonderfully complex character, whose story emerges throughout the development of the narrative. Not only does she have to deal with a baby who has gone missing, but she questions everything about the man who got her into this mess. Where does truth end and fallacy begin? Bree’s sordid past makes it harder for others to trust her, though she is determined to prove that she is of sound mind and that someone’s targeting her for reasons as yet unknown.
Drescher does a wonderful job with her supporting characters, offering the reader a glimpse at a fabulous cross-section of people who help enrich the story. While some add only a small piece to the larger puzzle, others know Bree well and help coax out information key to the reader’s better understand of what’s taking place. The banter and interactions add much to the story and help make the plot even better.
The premise of the piece may not be entirely unique, but it was developed in such a way as to pull the reader in from the opening pages and leave them wondering. The latter portion of the book alone takes the reader down quite the rabbit hole, bringing things together in ways that few could have ever predicted. All signs of a masterful writer that can keep the reader from standing on solid ground.
Drescher uses strong writing to string the reader along, setting the scene and then opening up many of the story’s hidden doors as the plot develops. This serves to keep the reader open their toes and guessing, even if the most likely answer is right before them. Use of different chapter lengths serves to keep the reader from getting into too much of a lull, mixing up the short bits to keep the momentum going and then adding longer an more detailed portions when the information is such that one has to keep going to see how it will play out. Strong characters and a narrative that takes things in many directions keeps things fresh throughout while always leaving the reader wondering if they missed something obvious, a la Sixth Sense. Drescher is masterful in her storytelling and I can only hope to find more of her work in the coming years.
Kudos, Madam Drescher, for such a captivating piece. I will be sure to recommend others try this novel to see what they think for themselves.
Love/hate the review? An ever-growing collection of others appears at:
http://pecheyponderings.wordpress.com/
A Book for All Seasons, a different sort of Book Challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
July 2, 2024
A surprise ending!
Kind of a milk toast beginning that slowly builds up in tension. Is she imagining a husband, pregnancy, a baby, or is it all real? What lengths will she go to in order to hold onto her delusions, or uncover the truth? No graphic sexual scenes but moderate violence. Quite the surprise ending. Solid 4.6 rating.
Kind of a milk toast beginning that slowly builds up in tension. Is she imagining a husband, pregnancy, a baby, or is it all real? What lengths will she go to in order to hold onto her delusions, or uncover the truth? No graphic sexual scenes but moderate violence. Quite the surprise ending. Solid 4.6 rating.
March 15, 2021
An irresistible psychological thriller that fans of Gone Girl and Girl on a Train will fall head-over-heels for.
As Stolen Truth begins, new mother Bree Michaelson wakes up at home drugged, disoriented and confused about the scent of paint and bleach overwhelming her senses. Nauseous and unsteady, she naturally fears for her newborn son. After crawling to his room, her worst fears are confirmed: he’s gone.
As if that isn’t enough, her husband and their midwife are missing as well.
Seatbelts are required for what comes next: no one, including her family and the police, believe her story. Was she ever married to begin with? Was there even a baby?
Quite certain about her memories, Bree is determined to do whatever it takes to find them. It’s only when her sister commits her to a hospital psych ward, while reminding her of a false pregnancy she once experienced, that Bree begins to doubt her own story — and her own sanity. Will she fight to find the truth or resign herself to believing that it is all in her own mind?
In a world where literature is suddenly filled with unreliable narrators, Bree is a rare standout. Her anxieties, recollections and flaws are both unique and highly vivid. Overall, Drescher delivers the kind of absorbing psychological thriller that will delight readers who love The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl.
Beware: so engrossing is Drescher’s plot, that this is just the kind of novel that might cause you to lose track of meetings, bedtimes, and indeed, your entire life.
As Stolen Truth begins, new mother Bree Michaelson wakes up at home drugged, disoriented and confused about the scent of paint and bleach overwhelming her senses. Nauseous and unsteady, she naturally fears for her newborn son. After crawling to his room, her worst fears are confirmed: he’s gone.
As if that isn’t enough, her husband and their midwife are missing as well.
Seatbelts are required for what comes next: no one, including her family and the police, believe her story. Was she ever married to begin with? Was there even a baby?
Quite certain about her memories, Bree is determined to do whatever it takes to find them. It’s only when her sister commits her to a hospital psych ward, while reminding her of a false pregnancy she once experienced, that Bree begins to doubt her own story — and her own sanity. Will she fight to find the truth or resign herself to believing that it is all in her own mind?
In a world where literature is suddenly filled with unreliable narrators, Bree is a rare standout. Her anxieties, recollections and flaws are both unique and highly vivid. Overall, Drescher delivers the kind of absorbing psychological thriller that will delight readers who love The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl.
Beware: so engrossing is Drescher’s plot, that this is just the kind of novel that might cause you to lose track of meetings, bedtimes, and indeed, your entire life.
March 24, 2021
Stolen Truth is an action-packed book that will grab your attention from page one. You will be asking yourself, is the main character, Bree, crazy or is she being setup?
The story kicks off with Bree waking up to her brand new baby, husband, and nanny all missing. However, it is hard for her to prove her reality ever existed because there is no trace of evidence left. Everything is gone.
Henya Drescher does an excellent job of taking you through the journey of a mother who loves her baby so much, she will do anything to find him. Throughout all the twists and turns, you will not want to set this book down!
Thank you for the advanced electronic copy in exchange for an honest review.
The story kicks off with Bree waking up to her brand new baby, husband, and nanny all missing. However, it is hard for her to prove her reality ever existed because there is no trace of evidence left. Everything is gone.
Henya Drescher does an excellent job of taking you through the journey of a mother who loves her baby so much, she will do anything to find him. Throughout all the twists and turns, you will not want to set this book down!
Thank you for the advanced electronic copy in exchange for an honest review.
March 19, 2021
In the tradition of “Gone Girl” and “The Girl on The Train!"
It is hard enough to pen a thriller that grabs you from the start and compels you to get on the journey with the protagonist. It is much harder when she is an “unreliable narrator,” one whose perceptions you doubt—just as do all the people she’s trying to convince that she’s been married, pregnant, and had a baby who has disappeared along with his father. Yet, in her sure, lyrical prose, Henya Drescher does a magnificent job of building a compelling, suspenseful story that unfurls in the wooded settings of the Berkshires (NY). The more you are swept into the story, the more you question who and what to believe. Has Bree been a victim of a manipulative man who isolated her from her family and her environment only so she can produce a child for him, or is Bree, a young, bright woman with a disturbing past of psychological delusions is just imagining this convoluted plot?
In the tradition of “Gone Girl” and “The Girl on The Train,” STOLEN TRUTH will keep the readers’ attention in a can’t-put-it down, unforgettable story, that culminates with a brilliant, totally believable ending.
It is hard enough to pen a thriller that grabs you from the start and compels you to get on the journey with the protagonist. It is much harder when she is an “unreliable narrator,” one whose perceptions you doubt—just as do all the people she’s trying to convince that she’s been married, pregnant, and had a baby who has disappeared along with his father. Yet, in her sure, lyrical prose, Henya Drescher does a magnificent job of building a compelling, suspenseful story that unfurls in the wooded settings of the Berkshires (NY). The more you are swept into the story, the more you question who and what to believe. Has Bree been a victim of a manipulative man who isolated her from her family and her environment only so she can produce a child for him, or is Bree, a young, bright woman with a disturbing past of psychological delusions is just imagining this convoluted plot?
In the tradition of “Gone Girl” and “The Girl on The Train,” STOLEN TRUTH will keep the readers’ attention in a can’t-put-it down, unforgettable story, that culminates with a brilliant, totally believable ending.
September 23, 2021
A thriller nail bitter to the very end!
A wonderful debut novel from a beautiful up and coming author. Henya delivers a true emotional roller coaster of a story deep into the psyche of how far a mother would go to rescue her child. Centered around current world economic and social upheaval of our time, Heyna brings in a incredible level of detail and emotional passion to her work. A true must read !!
A wonderful debut novel from a beautiful up and coming author. Henya delivers a true emotional roller coaster of a story deep into the psyche of how far a mother would go to rescue her child. Centered around current world economic and social upheaval of our time, Heyna brings in a incredible level of detail and emotional passion to her work. A true must read !!
September 7, 2021
THIS STORY PULLS YOU IN FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE. IT IS WELL WRITTEN. I HAD A HARD TIME PUTTING THIS BOOK DOWN. IF YOU WANT A FOOD READ THAT YOU CAN'T HELP FEELING FOR THE CHARACTERS THIS IS DEFINITELY IT. WELL DONE
April 5, 2023
I found myself unable to enjoy this book. Just too dumb. Even the premise. No one has seen you or your husband nanny nothing and you have no proof your 6 day old son is gone.
Hello hospital can see when you’ve given birth and you’d still be bleeding !
DUMB!
Hello hospital can see when you’ve given birth and you’d still be bleeding !
DUMB!
February 6, 2021
Imagine waking up one morning and discovering that your child—and the last year of your life— has vanished. New mother Bree Michaelson comes to from a deep sleep to find her husband Todd and six-day-old son Noah gone, along with the nanny, the furniture, and all other possessions in the house. Everything that is evidence of the life she’s been living for the past year. Evidence that is crucial to not only find her family, but to prove her sanity.
With a history of mental illness, Bree is denied help from the police and her family, who have never met Todd or even knew she was pregnant. As she searches for her present life, pieces of her past one throw dangerous obstacles at her. Is her family real? If so, where the hell are they?
Stolen Truth is definitely a wild ride. I could not guess any of the plot twists and had to pick my jaw up from the floor for many of them. The book is original and entertaining. The ending was satisfying, and the main characters were interesting, distinct, and believable.
I loved Bree’s character so much. Her strength, intelligence, perseverance, even her self-doubt, made her the epitome of a badass protagonist. I rooted for her even when I swore up and down her family was a figment of her imagination. Readers can connect with her in many ways because her personality shined throughout the story, for instance, her love of and experience working with cars, and her traumatic past influencing her choices in romantic partners.
The writing was good overall. Drescher kept the story engaging and had some really powerful lines. One of my favorites is, “Besides my leaking breasts and soft belly, do I have any proof?” Her descriptions of places and people were distinct, and every chapter ended on great cliffhangers that kept me turning the page.
There were a lot of repetitions, however. Bree’s emotions and self-doubt were shown very well through her actions, like carrying her son’s sock in her pocket and dreaming of him to show her despair, so they didn’t need to be reinforced with her thoughts.
I would have also liked her father’s involvement with the underground nationalist group to have been threaded into the story more. All the scenes with her sister and her aunt could have been utilized to foreshadow this crucial piece of information, adding hints to his radicalism and Todd’s connection to her past instead of just driving the insanity point more. The realization at the end would have been so much more impactful that way. Also, she was already a teenager when her parents died, so Bree should have remembered more than she did, even if she didn’t know he was a leader in what was basically a cult.
This is a lighter psychological thriller in my opinion. The book alludes to darker themes but isn’t explicit in them, so I recommend this for young adults as well as adults. Anyone who enjoys mysteries, domestic thrillers, and crime fiction should pick this up. Comparable authors are Mary Higgins Clarke, Joann Chaney, and Teresa Driscoll.
Stolen Truth releases on March 18!
With a history of mental illness, Bree is denied help from the police and her family, who have never met Todd or even knew she was pregnant. As she searches for her present life, pieces of her past one throw dangerous obstacles at her. Is her family real? If so, where the hell are they?
Stolen Truth is definitely a wild ride. I could not guess any of the plot twists and had to pick my jaw up from the floor for many of them. The book is original and entertaining. The ending was satisfying, and the main characters were interesting, distinct, and believable.
I loved Bree’s character so much. Her strength, intelligence, perseverance, even her self-doubt, made her the epitome of a badass protagonist. I rooted for her even when I swore up and down her family was a figment of her imagination. Readers can connect with her in many ways because her personality shined throughout the story, for instance, her love of and experience working with cars, and her traumatic past influencing her choices in romantic partners.
The writing was good overall. Drescher kept the story engaging and had some really powerful lines. One of my favorites is, “Besides my leaking breasts and soft belly, do I have any proof?” Her descriptions of places and people were distinct, and every chapter ended on great cliffhangers that kept me turning the page.
There were a lot of repetitions, however. Bree’s emotions and self-doubt were shown very well through her actions, like carrying her son’s sock in her pocket and dreaming of him to show her despair, so they didn’t need to be reinforced with her thoughts.
I would have also liked her father’s involvement with the underground nationalist group to have been threaded into the story more. All the scenes with her sister and her aunt could have been utilized to foreshadow this crucial piece of information, adding hints to his radicalism and Todd’s connection to her past instead of just driving the insanity point more. The realization at the end would have been so much more impactful that way. Also, she was already a teenager when her parents died, so Bree should have remembered more than she did, even if she didn’t know he was a leader in what was basically a cult.
This is a lighter psychological thriller in my opinion. The book alludes to darker themes but isn’t explicit in them, so I recommend this for young adults as well as adults. Anyone who enjoys mysteries, domestic thrillers, and crime fiction should pick this up. Comparable authors are Mary Higgins Clarke, Joann Chaney, and Teresa Driscoll.
Stolen Truth releases on March 18!
February 23, 2021
A yr.-ago Luanne (BFF) suggested Bree Jane Michaelson try Dating.com.
In 2-months she was pregnant with Todd’s baby.
Becket, MA (Berkshire County). Bree (GF/mother) bolted out of bed with her head spinning.
It was way past time to feed Noah (6-day, infant son).
Todd Robert Armstrong (BF/father, real-estate) & Connie Bridgestone (midwife) did not answer her.
Noah is not in his crib.
911.
Officer Gus Gordon arrived & started interviewing Bree.
Bree went to see Mrs. Agnes Payne (80+, landlady, house owner).
Bree got on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) website.
PI Damon Morgan (Gladys’s grandson, insurance fraud) stopped by to chat with Bree.
Luanne reported George (Bree’s ex-BF) disappeared & been found beaten to death.
Bree set out to find Todd & Noah.
Margaret (Bree’s sister) had Bree committed to Soundview Hospital Psychiatric Unit.
Was Bree really married & had a baby?
I do not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing free books from publishers & authors. Therefore, I am under no obligation to write a positive review, only an honest one.
An awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very professionally written psychological thriller book. It was quite easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters & facts to keep track of. This could also make another great psychological thriller movie, or better yet a mini-TV series. There is no doubt in my mind this is an amazingly easy rating of 5 stars.
Thank you for the free Author; Black Rose Writing; Goodreads; Making Connections; Making Connections discussion group talk; PDF; book
Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)
In 2-months she was pregnant with Todd’s baby.
Becket, MA (Berkshire County). Bree (GF/mother) bolted out of bed with her head spinning.
It was way past time to feed Noah (6-day, infant son).
Todd Robert Armstrong (BF/father, real-estate) & Connie Bridgestone (midwife) did not answer her.
Noah is not in his crib.
911.
Officer Gus Gordon arrived & started interviewing Bree.
Bree went to see Mrs. Agnes Payne (80+, landlady, house owner).
Bree got on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) website.
PI Damon Morgan (Gladys’s grandson, insurance fraud) stopped by to chat with Bree.
Luanne reported George (Bree’s ex-BF) disappeared & been found beaten to death.
Bree set out to find Todd & Noah.
Margaret (Bree’s sister) had Bree committed to Soundview Hospital Psychiatric Unit.
Was Bree really married & had a baby?
I do not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing free books from publishers & authors. Therefore, I am under no obligation to write a positive review, only an honest one.
An awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very professionally written psychological thriller book. It was quite easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters & facts to keep track of. This could also make another great psychological thriller movie, or better yet a mini-TV series. There is no doubt in my mind this is an amazingly easy rating of 5 stars.
Thank you for the free Author; Black Rose Writing; Goodreads; Making Connections; Making Connections discussion group talk; PDF; book
Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)
April 4, 2021
I’m always on the hunt for new thriller novels and was more than excited when I found Stolen Truth by Henya Drescher. The premise was unlike anything I’d ever read.
The main character is Bree Michaelson, a woman who finally feels like she has it all – a husband, a fancy house and a baby boy. But when she wakes up one morning, everything has been stripped away from her. There is no trace of her husband Todd, her newborn son Noah or the midwife Connie. Everything from photos and paint on the walls to the clothes and furniture that used to fill the closets and rooms surrounding her.
She tries to convince herself it’s just a bad dream that she can’t wake up from, but when her family and friends don’t believe her story, she wonders if she imagined it all. Was any of it ever real, or has she had another episode that will land her back in the mental institution? And if it was real, has she lost her husband and son forever?
I read through this book quite quickly because I couldn’t put it down! Drescher had me hooked within the first few pages, and I was wondering, along with Bree, what was going on. As a mother, I felt sad for her, and admired her stop-at-nothing attitude to save her son. Bree proved herself to be a strong, determined, independent woman who knew her truth all along. She’s a fighter!
This story is exciting, gripping and unpredictable, and I’d recommend it to anyone who loves psychological thrillers.
The main character is Bree Michaelson, a woman who finally feels like she has it all – a husband, a fancy house and a baby boy. But when she wakes up one morning, everything has been stripped away from her. There is no trace of her husband Todd, her newborn son Noah or the midwife Connie. Everything from photos and paint on the walls to the clothes and furniture that used to fill the closets and rooms surrounding her.
She tries to convince herself it’s just a bad dream that she can’t wake up from, but when her family and friends don’t believe her story, she wonders if she imagined it all. Was any of it ever real, or has she had another episode that will land her back in the mental institution? And if it was real, has she lost her husband and son forever?
I read through this book quite quickly because I couldn’t put it down! Drescher had me hooked within the first few pages, and I was wondering, along with Bree, what was going on. As a mother, I felt sad for her, and admired her stop-at-nothing attitude to save her son. Bree proved herself to be a strong, determined, independent woman who knew her truth all along. She’s a fighter!
This story is exciting, gripping and unpredictable, and I’d recommend it to anyone who loves psychological thrillers.
January 16, 2021
Stolen Truth is an action-packed novel fueled by the revelation that you really never know anyone, especially those who appear closest to you. There were times where I felt like society was truly failing Bree and other times when I became overwhelmingly frustrated with her character’s lack of communication skills needed to get her situation handled. I was also disappointed with the way her character was repeatedly taken advantage of or disregarded by her family, acquaintances, and male companions.
Though I did have some internal struggles with the main character, I was enthralled by this story and immediately informed my sister that I had the best recommendation for her. As a lover of psychological thrillers, Stolen Truth did not disappoint and I’m thrilled to give my rating of 4 out of 4 stars. Some of my favorite psychological thrillers have been Gone Girl, Sometimes I Lie, and Baby Teeth, and this one seriously gives off the same feeling that just sticks with you long after you’re done. You don’t want to miss out on reading Stolen Truth when it’s released!
Though I did have some internal struggles with the main character, I was enthralled by this story and immediately informed my sister that I had the best recommendation for her. As a lover of psychological thrillers, Stolen Truth did not disappoint and I’m thrilled to give my rating of 4 out of 4 stars. Some of my favorite psychological thrillers have been Gone Girl, Sometimes I Lie, and Baby Teeth, and this one seriously gives off the same feeling that just sticks with you long after you’re done. You don’t want to miss out on reading Stolen Truth when it’s released!
February 13, 2021
A HUGE thank you to Henya Drescher for providing me a copy of this book, which allows me the opportunity to provide an unbiased review.
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed this book! It was action packed, fast paced and original. I could not put it down and read it in two sittings. I love psychological thrillers and Stolen Truth did not disappoint!
The main character, Bree Michaelson, is authentic and intensely relatable. She finds herself in a horrific predicament. She wakes to find her child and the man she trusted missing. Her situation only becomes more desperate as she realizes She has been manipulated by them man she thought loved her; the father of her child. She will stop at nothing to find her baby. This is a roller coaster of unpredictable plot twists that kept me tuning pages late into the night. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did!!
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed this book! It was action packed, fast paced and original. I could not put it down and read it in two sittings. I love psychological thrillers and Stolen Truth did not disappoint!
The main character, Bree Michaelson, is authentic and intensely relatable. She finds herself in a horrific predicament. She wakes to find her child and the man she trusted missing. Her situation only becomes more desperate as she realizes She has been manipulated by them man she thought loved her; the father of her child. She will stop at nothing to find her baby. This is a roller coaster of unpredictable plot twists that kept me tuning pages late into the night. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did!!
April 6, 2023
This was a well written book with strong storytelling, but unfortunately, I didn't enjoy the plot. At first I thought it was going to be a psych-thriller where I would wonder if Bree was delusional or being gaslit by Todd; but at a certain point, early on, it becomes obvious as to whether or not she's paranoid and confused. The story then devolves into a dime-a-dozen story about a heroine out to prove something because nobody, not even the police, believes her. She spends the rest of the story evading capture by both law enforcement and the villains, the villains being the seemingly normal folk who reside in the town; she becomes a one-man wrecking crew and of course we know how the story will end.
May 1, 2021
Goodreads Kindle Copy Win
A woman wakes up one day feeling drugged as she fails to find her young child missing and her boyfriend as well. People believe she is just making things up as she has no physical proof of their existence.
She sets to look for proof but then his sister is hospitalizes and is put in a psychic ward questioning her own mentality. Could she have made it all up going as far as faking a pregnancy?
It is a story that will have you wandering how close you are to being sane.
A woman wakes up one day feeling drugged as she fails to find her young child missing and her boyfriend as well. People believe she is just making things up as she has no physical proof of their existence.
She sets to look for proof but then his sister is hospitalizes and is put in a psychic ward questioning her own mentality. Could she have made it all up going as far as faking a pregnancy?
It is a story that will have you wandering how close you are to being sane.
July 2, 2021
Impossible to put down…
Almost… I say almost only because I needed at least a few hours of sleep to be a Mum to young kids.
What a read!
Breath holding, tears, tingles, anger, fear, anxiety and loving joy all stirring my senses.
A satisfying read well worth the tired eyes today.
What the skills of an incredibly amazing writer will do!
Thanks for writing, Henya.
Thanks for being you.
Almost… I say almost only because I needed at least a few hours of sleep to be a Mum to young kids.
What a read!
Breath holding, tears, tingles, anger, fear, anxiety and loving joy all stirring my senses.
A satisfying read well worth the tired eyes today.
What the skills of an incredibly amazing writer will do!
Thanks for writing, Henya.
Thanks for being you.
July 9, 2021
Really fantastic debut by Henya Drescher. The premise of the book intrigued me right away: Bree wakes to find her newborn son and husband missing...and no one has ever heard of them before. As the book progresses, you learn more about Bree's past full of lies and potential insanity and start to question her validity as narrator.
But the further Bree digs to find her husband and baby, the more twists and deceit she uncovers. The question is: can you believe her?
But the further Bree digs to find her husband and baby, the more twists and deceit she uncovers. The question is: can you believe her?
April 12, 2023
Enjoyable.
Two very different halves, as this took a strange turn and stopped being about the the (great) unreliable narrator.
I was hoping for more of a psychological thriller. This turned quite crime caper, which is a shame. It all started to feel quite far fetched, that conspiracy theories are real.
Most characters were pretty clichéd. But easy to read.
Two very different halves, as this took a strange turn and stopped being about the the (great) unreliable narrator.
I was hoping for more of a psychological thriller. This turned quite crime caper, which is a shame. It all started to feel quite far fetched, that conspiracy theories are real.
Most characters were pretty clichéd. But easy to read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 14, 2021
This book is excellent!! It draws you in, and you keep wanting more.! When you feel as if you are the actual protagonist, the author's work has been achieved!
April 28, 2021
This was the dumbest book I’ve ever read and in addition it was full of typos.
April 10, 2023
Mystery right to the end
I really enjoyed reading this book. I was mesmerised by the story with twists and turns. And best of all after so much turmoil it was a good ending .
I really enjoyed reading this book. I was mesmerised by the story with twists and turns. And best of all after so much turmoil it was a good ending .
April 11, 2023
Great read
A gripping and exciting read. Loved it, brilliantly s
Written, informative. This author I
is highly recommended and look forward to reading her next book. Many thanks.
A gripping and exciting read. Loved it, brilliantly s
Written, informative. This author I
is highly recommended and look forward to reading her next book. Many thanks.
June 9, 2023
The best book I've read so far. Could not stop reading.
April 4, 2021
Stolen Truth is an engrossing thriller with a bit of a twist as to why Noah is missing. Bree thinks her life has finally come together with a normal family. Then, she wakes up to find her baby and husband gone without a trace of existence. With a past history of mental health crises, no one believes her. She was a well chosen victim with a hidden reason for being the target. Henya Drescher sets the scene then lays out how the incredible scenario actually works. I enjoyed a promotional copy. Stolen Truth plays on that terrible fear mothers have of losing a child.
February 7, 2024
This book jumped right in and hooked me early on. The psychologic twists kept coming and had a satisfying conclusion in the end. I read it cover to cover without putting it down.
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