The audio drama of The Other Lotus Girl is ten episodes so far, plus two trailers and a titles track, and all of it is free on YouTube. Full cast, one voice per character. Season one is not finished. The rest of it starts going up soon.
1. The Passenger
A woman gets into a car in Guildford that is not hers.
2. Mrs Patterson
The mother-in-law arrives, and does not leave.
3. The Debt
Why any of this is happening, and who owes what to whom. This one went up on 23 December 2025.
4. No Way Out and 5. The Offer both went out on 3 January 2026, along with the trailers and the titles.
6. Collision Course
6 January 2026. The escape turns violent. Stuart makes a split-second decision and metal goes into metal.
It went quiet for two months and came back in March. It works in batches.
7. The Crossing
9 March 2026. Twenty-one months earlier. Vân and Mai finish their nail training in Hanoi.
8. Beautiful Nails
16 March 2026. Back in the present. Stuart, Martin, John and Vân go looking for Mrs Patterson.
9. The Border
22 March 2026. Nineteen months earlier. Sealed inside a shipping container with seven other people.
10. The Wrong Disguises
29 March 2026. Back in the present. The trade is set, and Martin texts the kidnappers.
Episodes seven and nine are the past. Eight and ten are the present. That alternation is the structure of the novel too, and it is the thing reviewers argue about most. Fiona Y, reviewing the book on NetGalley on 1 November 2025: 'This is a novel with two plot lines that were so far apart I had to suspend belief that the two were connected.' Victoria, Goodreads, 21 December 2025, described the same structure without minding it: 'The book alternates between the past, when Vân was traveling, and the present, when she attempted to escape.'
Rubie C, NetGalley, 8 January 2026, on the present-day half: 'every frantic mile in that battered Nissan Micra ramps up the stakes without ever feeling contrived.'
Start with the trailers if you want ninety seconds of it before committing. Start with episode one if you do not. Episode ten is where it is up to, not where it ends.
The book is in paperback, ISBN 106847632X, at £11.95, hardback 1068476338 at £17.99, and ebook at £3.99. The sequel is The Cuckoo House, ebook, £3.99.
