When Helen and Sean Phillips go out for the evening, leaving their teenage girl babysitting small Frankie, they have no idea that they are going to face every parent’s greatest fear. Detective Inspector Patrick Lennon is hopeful how the three children who have been abducted with this patch of south-west London will be returned safe and well. But when a body is situated in a local recreation area, Lennon realizes that point is operating out-and that nothing in cases like this is as it appears.… Blending police procedural with psychological thriller, In the Cradle could have every mother or father checking that their kids are safe within their bed…then checking again.