Heart-breaking child abuse true crime stories told in the voices of children murdered by their parents or caregivers.

NB – the summary above the reviews implies the opposite of what reviewers have actually said. Some do state it is "hard to read" but this is due to its sad content, NOT due to it being badly written.

How can we raise awareness of this horrific crime and prevent children from suffering and dying?

Baby P was just 17 months old when his mother’s boyfriend and his brother abused and murdered him, while his mother sat by, surfing the internet.

Sylvia Likens was a shy teenager who loved The Beatles, whose foster mother encouraged the neighbourhood children to humiliate and torture her.

Other children in this volume include:

• Michael, whose mother convinced doctors to treat him for epilepsy in a case of Munchausen’s by Proxy
• Jeanette, who was ‘homeschooled’ to hide the torture from those who cared
• 3-year-old JaQuinn, who was burned with a blowtorch to punish him for bed-wetting

You will also read about the injuries each child suffered, the trials and sentencing of their murderers, the possible reasons why parents commit these horrific crimes, warning signs to look out for, and steps towards prevention.

Join me in my search for answers to the question, “How can we save children's lives?”

Not suitable for children, nor those who find depictions of children's suffering deeply upsetting.

Gruesome serial killers Fred and Rose West’s first child victim was their eight year old step-daughter.

The judge seemed to blame three year old PJ for his own murder, and freed his parents after less than four years.

Read these and six other heart-breaking child abuse true crime stories told in the voices of children murdered by their caregivers.

How can we raise awareness of this horrific crime and prevent 27 children in the US and 2 children in the UK, every week, from suffering and dying?

Other children in this volume include:

• Christian, whose father kept his blond-haired, blue-eyed teenage son in a cage
• Ayesha, whose mother’s lover created 1,000’s of fake internet personae to groom her mother into killing her
• Daniel, whose mother married his murderer after he’d admitted to torturing her baby to death
• Abdi, whose father beat him to death because he thought his school grades weren’t good enough

You will also read about the injuries each child suffered, the trials and sentencing of their murderers, the possible reasons why parents commit these horrific crimes, warning signs to look out for, and steps towards prevention.

Join me in my search for answers to the question, “How can we save children's lives?”

Not suitable for children, nor those who find depictions of children's suffering deeply upsetting.

Can we do more to protect children from abuse and murder?

Like Gabriel Fernandez in the US, and Baby P in the UK, thousands of children are murdered by their caregivers every year.

I write to raise awareness, and in my latest book, I tell the horrific stories of six murdered children including:

• Takoda Collins, who was forced to stay in torture positions for 20 hours a day
• Gabrielly, who was buried alive after confiding that her stepfather was sexually abusing her
• Ame Deal, who was padlocked into a plastic box in temperatures of over 100 degrees

I mostly tell the stories from the child’s point of view, with all fictionalised elements based firmly on the facts. In addition, you will read about:

• The injuries each child suffered
• The trials and sentencing of their murderers
• The possible reasons why parents commit these horrific crimes

Join me in my search for answers to the question, “How can we save children's lives?”

Not suitable for children, nor those who find depictions of children's suffering deeply upsetting.

Every week, 27 children in the US, and 2 children in the UK, are abused to death. How can we prevent their suffering?

I write to raise awareness, and the six stories in Volume 4 include some of the most horrific cases you will ever read:

• Adrian Jones – after years of unspeakable torture, his body was fed to the pigs
• Hana Williams – adopted by a religious couple who believed in total submission
• Max Schollenberger – his emaciated body was found in a faeces-caked room
• Daniel Pelka – starved to death at just four years old

These stories are firstly told from the child’s point of view, with all fictionalised elements based firmly on the facts. In addition, you will read about:

• The injuries each child suffered
• The trials and sentencing of their murderers
• The possible reasons why parents commit these horrific crimes

Join me in my search for answers to the question, “How can we save children's lives?”

Not suitable for children, nor those who find depictions of children's suffering deeply upsetting

Gabriel Fernandez is probably the best known victim of child murder by abuse in the US.

Like Baby P in the UK, the torture of the eight-year-old shocked the nation, with many of us also watching the Netflix documentary on the case: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez, with anger, sadness and frustration, leaving us with as many questions as answers:

• Why was he taken from his loving home?
• Why weren't his injuries taken seriously?
• Who failed him the most?

And the question I ask in all my books: "How can we prevent children from being abused to death by their caregivers?"

Written from the child’s point of view, this story is not suitable for those under 18 nor those likely to be disturbed by descriptions of child abuse.

This book covers one case – the story of ten year old Anthony Avalos, murdered in the same county as Gabriel Fernandez had been murdered five years before.

Anthony was a bright and courageous little boy who was loved by everyone except those who abused and murdered him.

Pleas for help for Anthony by concerned family members and teachers were not responded to appropriately by the authorities, and he and his siblings were left to suffer.

Whilst based on the facts, the first part of the story is told from Anthony's point of view, with the second part detailing the injuries, trial, etc, and searching for answers.

How much more suffering can we allow before we all act together to prevent these deaths?

(Not suitable for children, nor those who find depictions of children's suffering deeply upsetting.)