She escaped the traffickers. Now the real chase begins.

It was supposed to be an ordinary Thursday evening in Guildford. But when a terrified young woman throws herself into Stuart Henderson’s car begging for help, his comfortable life shatters in an instant.

Her name is Vân. For twenty brutal months she has been traded like property across Europe - sold in warehouses, hidden in basements, and erased by a system designed to make people disappear. She has survived by becoming invisible. Now she is running, and the men who claim to own her want her back.

Stuart, his husband Martin, and their eccentric neighbour John quickly become the only thing standing between Vân and the people hunting her. Outmatched, unarmed, and driving a battered Nissan Micra, they find an unexpected ally in seventy-three-year-old Barbara Patterson - sharp-tongued, stubborn, and haunted by ghosts of her own.

As the night spirals into violence, the group is forced to confront what courage truly looks like. Sometimes it doesn’t roar. Sometimes it is six people in a broken car refusing to give up.

Unflinching in its darkness yet disarmingly warm in its humour, The Other Lotus Girl is a story about chosen family, unexpected bravery, and the price of survival. Perfect for fans of Mick Herron’s dark humour and Denise Mina’s gritty, emotional realism.