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.
About the book and the series

- 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.

- 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
- View on IMDb
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.
No comments yet. Vote, then say why.