The Stolen Girl: Book vs. Series

The 2025 series The Stolen Girl is adapted from Alex Dahl’s 2020 novel Playdate. Both begin when a mother allows her daughter to attend a sleepover and returns to find the family gone.

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About the book and the series
Book
Playdate cover
Author
Alex Dahl
Year
2020
Pages
416Buy book
Audiobook length
10 hr 28 minGet audiobook
Narrator
Helen Keeley

Elisa agrees to let her daughter Lucia spend the night with new friend Josie after meeting Josie’s mother, Rebecca. The next morning, the house is empty and both Rebecca and the girls have vanished, sending Elisa into an increasingly desperate search that reveals how little she knew about the woman she trusted.

Series
The Stolen Girl poster
Creator
Catherine Moulton
Writer
Catherine Moulton
Year
2025
Episode
42 min
Seasons
1
Episodes
5
Network
Disney+
Cast
Denise Gough, Holliday Grainger, Ambika Mod, Jim Sturgess, Bronagh Waugh
Genre
Thriller
IMDb
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Elisa allows her daughter Lucia to stay overnight with a new school friend after meeting the girl’s seemingly welcoming mother, Rebecca. When Elisa returns the next morning, the house is empty and the family has disappeared, beginning an urgent search that reaches across borders and exposes carefully hidden identities.

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