Pat Young writes psychological thrillers. Her debut Till the Dust Settles won the Constable Stag Trophy and an Amazon number 1 best-seller award. Readers were keen for a sequel so Pat wrote the chilling I know where you live.
Her third book, One Perfect Witness, sat at number 2 in the Scottish Crime charts, nestled between Rankin and Cleeves.
But Pat never intended to be a writer. Then a story got inside her head, demanding to be told. She is fascinated by what happens when someone suddenly disappears. That theme runs through all her novels.

The follow-up to the critically acclaimed Till the Dust Settles. "A heart wrenching and tense read that drew me in right from the start." -By the Letter Book Reviews
Penny seizes the chance of a new life for her family when her husband is offered a job in Europe.
At the airport, they meet charming Sophie, fluent in French and looking for work as an au pair. Penny, struggling to cope in France, offers Sophie a job and she soon becomes an important part of the family's life. But Sophie is hiding something.
Then Penny's toddler son, Ethan, is abducted and an international hunt for the child begins. The police beg Penny and her husband to take part in a television appeal but the couple refuse. Unknown to the police, Penny and Seth have new identities and are determined to lay low and protect them. But it may be too late for that.
Who has taken Ethan and why?
Are the couple's true identities linked to the abduction?
And who has been watching them?
To save her son Penny may have to put her own life on the line.
Praise for Till the Dust Settles
"A tale of conspiracy, abuse and how one wrong decision can alter the course of your life . . . the author does a fantastic job of setting up the story line, plot twisting and bringing everything together." -Where the Reader Grows
"Pat Young recreates events with so much grace and compassion in her EXCEPTIONAL debut novel . . . Phew! What a scorching read . . . Absolutely superb!" -The Book Magnet