I Had to Do It: an absolutely gripping psychological thriller about a missing woman, family secrets and a desperate search for the truth
Charlie Gallagher
Oct 2026 · Bloomsbury GB Audio · Narrated by Nathalie Buscombe
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Bloomsbury presents I Had to Do It by Charlie Gallagher, read by Nathalie Buscombe
It only takes a day for your whole life to unravel...
When Jessica Walsh meets a stranger in a café one morning, she thinks she’s found a kindred spirit.
Both women have a sister who’s an addict as well as a father growing desperate to help. There’s one crucial difference, though: Jess knows her dad would never resort to violence to fix the ‘problem’, as this woman’s father has.
Later, when Jess receives panicked voicemails from her sister, she rushes home to find Vicky missing.
Her father insists it’s all part of a plan to get Vicky clean – but Jess can’t forget that woman from the café, the strange coincidence of their meeting.
It had comforted her earlier. Now it feels like a warning.
Jessica would do well to listen...
Why readers love CHARLIE GALLAGHER
***** 'Addictive, unputdownable'
***** 'Totally gripped me'
***** 'Thrilling, with plenty of twists'
***** 'Excellent! The ending was just gut-wrenching.'
It only takes a day for your whole life to unravel...
When Jessica Walsh meets a stranger in a café one morning, she thinks she’s found a kindred spirit.
Both women have a sister who’s an addict as well as a father growing desperate to help. There’s one crucial difference, though: Jess knows her dad would never resort to violence to fix the ‘problem’, as this woman’s father has.
Later, when Jess receives panicked voicemails from her sister, she rushes home to find Vicky missing.
Her father insists it’s all part of a plan to get Vicky clean – but Jess can’t forget that woman from the café, the strange coincidence of their meeting.
It had comforted her earlier. Now it feels like a warning.
Jessica would do well to listen...
Why readers love CHARLIE GALLAGHER
***** 'Addictive, unputdownable'
***** 'Totally gripped me'
***** 'Thrilling, with plenty of twists'
***** 'Excellent! The ending was just gut-wrenching.'
Bloomsbury presents I Had to Do It by Charlie Gallagher, read by Nathalie Buscombe
It only takes a day for your whole life to unravel...
When Jessica Walsh meets a stranger in a café one morning, she thinks she’s found a kindred spirit.
Both women have a sister who’s an addict as well as a fat...
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About the author
Charlie Gallagher has been writing for twenty years. For thirteen years, he was also a serving UK police officer, working as a response officer, a member of a specialist tactical team, a detective and in a regional counter terrorism unit. Charlie now lives on the south coast of the UK with his wife and two daughters, a springer spaniel, a tortoise and a cat with a far higher number of twitter followers.
Find Charlie online at:
https://www.writercharliegallagher.com/
@Gloriouscharlie
Find Charlie online at:
https://www.writercharliegallagher.com/
@Gloriouscharlie
Charlie Gallagher has been writing for twenty years. For thirteen years, he was also a serving UK police officer, working as a response officer, a member of a specialist tactical team, a detective and in a regional counter terrorism unit. Charlie now lives on the south coast of the UK with his wi...
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