The Lost Daughter
(2026)A Child Taken Quietly
(The fifth book in the Truth & Temptation Mysteries series)
A novel by Alexi Hart
A child vanishes during a hurricane evacuation.
The system calls it a paperwork error.
Nora Mitchell knows better.
As New Orleans races toward landfall, evacuation centers fill, records blur, and a missing girl is quietly diverted into a private recovery program known as Blue Card. On paper, it’s humanitarian. In practice, it’s a closed system designed to move children out of sight, protected by procedure and silence.
Nora specializes in cases like this. She understands how authority hides behind calm language, how harm is disguised as policy, and how difficult it is to stop a process once it’s already in motion. Intervening means drawing attention the system is built to erase and risking consequences that don’t stay neatly contained.
With the storm closing in and time running out, Nora must decide how far she’s willing to go to interrupt a transfer that was never meant to be questioned. Because stopping it won’t fix what’s broken. It will only decide who absorbs the cost.
The Lost Daughter is a tense mystery thriller set against a hurricane evacuation, where danger moves quietly, systems protect themselves, and survival depends on knowing when restraint becomes complicity.
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The system calls it a paperwork error.
Nora Mitchell knows better.
As New Orleans races toward landfall, evacuation centers fill, records blur, and a missing girl is quietly diverted into a private recovery program known as Blue Card. On paper, it’s humanitarian. In practice, it’s a closed system designed to move children out of sight, protected by procedure and silence.
Nora specializes in cases like this. She understands how authority hides behind calm language, how harm is disguised as policy, and how difficult it is to stop a process once it’s already in motion. Intervening means drawing attention the system is built to erase and risking consequences that don’t stay neatly contained.
With the storm closing in and time running out, Nora must decide how far she’s willing to go to interrupt a transfer that was never meant to be questioned. Because stopping it won’t fix what’s broken. It will only decide who absorbs the cost.
The Lost Daughter is a tense mystery thriller set against a hurricane evacuation, where danger moves quietly, systems protect themselves, and survival depends on knowing when restraint becomes complicity.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
- Smart, grounded mystery thrillers
Missing-child investigations with real consequences
Slow-burn tension and emotional restraint
Stories where the system is the antagonist
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Genre: Mystery
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