The Other Lotus Girl - Episode 9 - The Border

The Other Lotus Girl - Episode 10 - The Wrong Disguises

Episode 10: "The Wrong Disguises"Back in the present. The trade is set. Martin texts the kidnappers and they agree to meet, but walking into a handover unarmed and outnumbered needs a plan. Or at least the appearance of one.What they find on the USB changes the room. What they pull out of a charity bin doesn't inspire confidence. Three men who have no business running a covert operation attempt to look like other people. The results are exactly what you'd expect.Somewhere between the absurdity and the fear, the things that matter get said. Then they walk in.The Other Lotus Girl is a full-cast audio drama. Start from Episode 1 if you're new here.Content note: themes of human trafficking, references to sexual exploitation (non-graphic), surveillance, and emotional distress.Also available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.Explore more at danielariddle.comJoin the Inner Circle for a free ebook, exclusive content, and 10% off direct purchases: danielariddle.comAlso by Daniel A. Riddle:Janus Origin: Threads of ControlJanus Origin: Red River Secrets#TheOtherLotusGirl #AudioDrama #ThrillerPodcast #JanusOrigin #BookToAudio #BritishThriller #Suspense #HumanTrafficking #CrimeFiction — — — 🎧 All episodes + bonus content: danielariddle.com/audio/the-other-lotus-girl/ [https://danielariddle.com/audio/the-other-lotus-girl/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] 📖 The novel this drama is based on: danielariddle.com/books/the-other-lotus-girl/ [https://danielariddle.com/books/the-other-lotus-girl/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] 🆕 The story continues — The Cuckoo House (Book 2) is out now: danielariddle.com/books/the-cuckoo-house/ [https://danielariddle.com/books/the-cuckoo-house/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] ⭐ Join the Inner Circle — free ebook of Janus Origin + bonus stories: danielariddle.com/inner-circle/ [https://danielariddle.com/inner-circle/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio]

The Other Lotus Girl - Episode 9 - The Border

Episode 9: "The Border"Nineteen months earlier. Sealed inside a shipping container with seven others, Vân counts the days by the heat and the silence. Water is rationed. Air thins. Not everyone will make it across the border alive.At the factory on the other side, survival takes a different shape. Khoa holds the group together. Mai mistakes his kindness for something more. And when a man named Dmitri makes his demand, Vân steps forward to protect her sister, only for someone else to take her place.Love, guilt, and sacrifice blur together in the dark. The price of crossing keeps climbing, and the debt is always someone else's body.The Other Lotus Girl is a full-cast audio drama. Start from Episode 1 if you're new here.Content note (non-graphic): themes of human trafficking, confinement, sexual coercion, death, and exploitation. Focus remains on character and emotional stakes; no explicit content.Also available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.Explore more at danielariddle.comJoin the Inner Circle for a free ebook, exclusive content, and 10% off direct purchases: danielariddle.com/inner-circleAlso by Daniel A. Riddle:Janus Origin: Threads of ControlJanus Origin: Red River Secrets#TheOtherLotusGirl #AudioDrama #ThrillerPodcast #JanusOrigin #BookToAudio #BritishThriller #Suspense #HumanTrafficking #CrimeFiction — — — 🎧 All episodes + bonus content: danielariddle.com/audio/the-other-lotus-girl/ [https://danielariddle.com/audio/the-other-lotus-girl/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] 📖 The novel this drama is based on: danielariddle.com/books/the-other-lotus-girl/ [https://danielariddle.com/books/the-other-lotus-girl/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] 🆕 The story continues — The Cuckoo House (Book 2) is out now: danielariddle.com/books/the-cuckoo-house/ [https://danielariddle.com/books/the-cuckoo-house/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] ⭐ Join the Inner Circle — free ebook of Janus Origin + bonus stories: danielariddle.com/inner-circle/ [https://danielariddle.com/inner-circle/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio]

The Other Lotus Girl - Episode 8 - Beautiful Nails

Episode 8: "Beautiful Nails.Back in the present. Stuart, Martin, John, and Vân track Mrs Patterson to a nail salon on Park Street. What they find doesn't make sense. She's not tied up. She's not afraid. She's getting a manicure.The boss sits behind the counter like he owns the world. Because he does. The women working on Mrs Patterson are trapped, just like Vân was. And the whole scene is designed to prove one thing: no one can touch him.Martin picks up a rock. Stuart talks him down. They try the back door instead. It goes about as well as you'd expect when a marketing consultant, a six-foot-four IT worker, a desperate husband, and a terrified trafficking survivor attempt a covert break-in at a criminal operation.With ninety minutes until the midnight deadline, they need a new plan. John has one. It's clever. It's dangerous. And it means gambling with everything they have left.The Other Lotus Girl is a full-cast audio drama. Start from Episode 1 if you're new here.Content note: themes of human trafficking, coercion, exploitation, and threatened violence.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.Explore more at danielariddle.comJoin the Inner Circle for a free ebook, exclusive content, and 10% off direct purchases: danielariddle.com/inner-circleAlso by Daniel A. Riddle:Janus Origin: Threads of ControlJanus Origin: Red River Secrets#TheOtherLotusGirl #AudioDrama #ThrillerPodcast #JanusOrigin #BookToAudio #BritishThriller #Suspense #HumanTrafficking #CrimeFiction — — — 🎧 All episodes + bonus content: danielariddle.com/audio/the-other-lotus-girl/ [https://danielariddle.com/audio/the-other-lotus-girl/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] 📖 The novel this drama is based on: danielariddle.com/books/the-other-lotus-girl/ [https://danielariddle.com/books/the-other-lotus-girl/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] 🆕 The story continues — The Cuckoo House (Book 2) is out now: danielariddle.com/books/the-cuckoo-house/ [https://danielariddle.com/books/the-cuckoo-house/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] ⭐ Join the Inner Circle — free ebook of Janus Origin + bonus stories: danielariddle.com/inner-circle/ [https://danielariddle.com/inner-circle/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio]

The Other Lotus Girl - Episode 7 - The Crossing

Episode 7: "The Crossing." Twenty-one months earlier. Vân and Mai finish their nail training in Hanoi alongside four new friends: Khoa and Linh, Thanh and Minh. Celebration turns to dread when the promised flight to London becomes a bus to the border, fake passports replace real ones, and phones are confiscated. What follows is a journey no one signed up for, through fences cut in the dark, locked rooms, and moments that strip away every lie they were told. Vân makes a promise to her sister: survive, stay together, and when a chance comes, take it.The Other Lotus Girl is a full-cast audio drama. Start from Episode 1 if you're new here.Content note (non-graphic): themes of human trafficking, coercion, sexual threat, exploitation, and confinement.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.Explore more at danielariddle.comJoin the Inner Circle for a free ebook, exclusive content, and 10% off direct purchases: danielariddle.com/inner-circleAlso by Daniel A. Riddle:Janus Origin: Threads of ControlJanus Origin: Red River Secrets#TheOtherLotusGirl #AudioDrama #ThrillerPodcast #JanusOrigin #BookToAudio #BritishThriller #Suspense #HumanTrafficking #CrimeFiction — — — 🎧 All episodes + bonus content: danielariddle.com/audio/the-other-lotus-girl/ [https://danielariddle.com/audio/the-other-lotus-girl/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] 📖 The novel this drama is based on: danielariddle.com/books/the-other-lotus-girl/ [https://danielariddle.com/books/the-other-lotus-girl/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] 🆕 The story continues — The Cuckoo House (Book 2) is out now: danielariddle.com/books/the-cuckoo-house/ [https://danielariddle.com/books/the-cuckoo-house/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] ⭐ Join the Inner Circle — free ebook of Janus Origin + bonus stories: danielariddle.com/inner-circle/ [https://danielariddle.com/inner-circle/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio]

The Other Lotus Girl - Episode 6 - Collision Course

Episode 6: "Collision Course." Stuart makes a decision. He rams the BMW.In the aftermath, a friend uncovers how the traffickers have been tracking them all along. The answer costs Vân the last connection to her old life. With the immediate danger behind them, the group turns its attention to where the operation runs from. It's time to fight back.The Other Lotus Girl is a full-cast audio drama. Start from Episode 1 if you're new here.Content note (non-graphic): themes of coercion, migration, exploitation, trauma, and threat.Also available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.Explore more at danielariddle.comJoin the Inner Circle for a free ebook, exclusive content, and 10% off direct purchases: danielariddle.com/inner-circleAlso by Daniel A. Riddle:Janus Origin: Threads of ControlJanus Origin: Red River Secrets#TheOtherLotusGirl #AudioDrama #ThrillerPodcast #JanusOrigin #BookToAudio #BritishThriller #Suspense #HumanTrafficking #CrimeFiction — — — 🎧 All episodes + bonus content: danielariddle.com/audio/the-other-lotus-girl/ [https://danielariddle.com/audio/the-other-lotus-girl/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] 📖 The novel this drama is based on: danielariddle.com/books/the-other-lotus-girl/ [https://danielariddle.com/books/the-other-lotus-girl/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] 🆕 The story continues — The Cuckoo House (Book 2) is out now: danielariddle.com/books/the-cuckoo-house/ [https://danielariddle.com/books/the-cuckoo-house/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio] ⭐ Join the Inner Circle — free ebook of Janus Origin + bonus stories: danielariddle.com/inner-circle/ [https://danielariddle.com/inner-circle/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=lotus-audio]