Child’s Prey

A Hollywood dynasty. A deadly secret. A nanny caught in a killer’s spotlight.
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MYSTERY/THRILLER/SUSPENSE  ·  Published DEC 2025

A Hollywood dynasty. A deadly secret. A nanny caught in a killer’s spotlight. Zoe’s latest nanny gig seems perfect. This one is in Hollywood, and she’s looking after thirteen-year-old Talon Penrose, son of A-list actress Rose Marlowe. There’s sunshine, sandy beaches, and a sprawling Hollywood…

A Hollywood dynasty. A deadly secret. A nanny caught in a killer’s spotlight.

Zoe’s latest nanny gig seems perfect. This one is in Hollywood, and she’s looking after thirteen-year-old Talon Penrose, son of A-list actress Rose Marlowe. There’s sunshine, sandy beaches, and a sprawling Hollywood Hills mansion.

Only behind the gates of the Marlowe estate, the family is competing for their father’s film empire.

And Zoe is approached with a secret assignment: spy on the people who sign her paychecks. After all, Rose’s father has to choose his heir somehow.

But then a member of the family turns up dead.

And when a private investigator’s body washes ashore, Zoe realizes the two deaths are connected—and the killer is far from finished.


To protect Talon, Zoe must untangle decades of lies, including the truth behind matriarch Isabella Marlowe’s mysterious drowning thirty years earlier.

Because in this family, the past isn’t just haunting… It’s hunting.

Child’s Prey is the next chilling installment in The Nanny Problem Thrillers from best-selling authors Lauren Street and Nolon King.

A collaboration between 2 voices

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Nolon King

Nolon King ★★★★★ Thriller Highly skilled in the dark arts of anticipation and anxiety. Nolon King writes smart psychological thrillers designed to leave you on the edge of your seat.…

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Lauren Street

Lauren Street ★★★★★ Thriller Specializes in female sleuths, remote locations, dark secrets, and dire consequences. Lauren Street has always loved a chilling thriller. She married the most boring man she…

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