Charlie and Carmel Harrington (The Stolen Child) discuss her stunning thriller wherein the reveal is given at the start and we have to find out the how and the why, a boy stolen as a child and now he's found his way home...
Please note we mention abuse, kidnapping, and prostitution.
Books mentioned by name or extensively:
Carmel Harrington: The Stolen Child
Carmel Harrington: The Nowhere Girls
J R R Tolkien: The Lord Of The Rings
Release details: recorded 17th February 2025; published 23rd June 2025
Where to find Carmel online: Website || Instagram || Facebook
Where to find Charlie online: Website || Twitter || Instagram || TikTok
Discussions
01:33 The inspiration for The Stolen Child
04:43 Carmel's research
06:18 Planning and plotting
10:37 On giving the answers up front and working with everything else after doing that
13:00 Exploring DNA tests
14:13 Creating the characters
21:02 More about Kimberley's father-in-law, Kevin
23:08 The locations - why them and why have four?
25:55 The prostitution storylines
28:47 On Sally not going back to the orphanage but being able to talk to Sister Jones
31:28 Ian, the exploitative abuser
44:37 On not dobbing Kimberley to the police
50:49 Was it difficult getting these characters out of your head after you'd finished the book?
52:11 Watering plants with pasta water?!
53:02 What Carmel is working on now
Photo credit: Patrick Browne Photography
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