title: The Stranger on the Train: A Novel
author:  Abbie Taylor 
description: Emma Turner is struggling to get home on the London underground with her 13-month-old son, Ritchie, in his buggy, along with shopping bags and a purse, when the train takes off without her. A woman on the same car takes Ritchie in hand, waiting for Emma at the next station and offering further helpuntil she takes off with the child when Emma is in the bathroom. Police, initially sympathetic, become less inclined to believe Emmas claim of kidnapping when they learn what shea distraught, isolated 25-year-old single mothertold her doctor just weeks earlier. Emmas only true ally is Rafe Townsend, a former cop who kept her from injury on the subway platform and uses his contacts to help track down the woman who took Ritchie. Readers may occasionally want to slap Emma, to keep her from behaving against her own best interests, although her background provides some explanation. But this first novel is driven less by character than plot, and the roller-coaster ride, starting with an all-too-plausible incident, is compelling enough to grab and hold interest. --Michele Leber
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  # Strangers on a Train
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Lolita Lane
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Copyright](part0002.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About Strangers on a Train](part0003.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0004.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0005.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0006.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0007.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0008.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0009.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0010.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0011.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0012.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 10](part0013.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 11](part0014.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 12](part0015.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 13](part0016.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 14](part0017.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 15](part0018.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About the Author](part0019.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Strangers on a Train
  
  
  Copyright © 2016 by Lolita Lane
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover by CT Cover Creations
  
  
  Photography: ©Shutterstock
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, p