When a hysterical mother reports her baby's sudden disappearance, suspicion immediately falls on the absent husband. But Detective Geraldine Steel's gut instinct tells her this case is not as simple as her colleagues think...

Complications in the mother's life begin to surface, including her relationship with her controlling father, a controversial political figure. As the police investigate, their urgent attempt to find the missing infant grows ever more perplexing.

Steel is forced to suspect everyone associated with the family and when a body is discovered, matters take a deadly turn.

Praise for Leigh Russell

'Brilliant and chilling, Leigh Russell delivers a cracker of a read!' - Martina Cole

'Unmissable' - Lee Child

'A brilliant talent in the thriller field... you're just plain going to love DI Geraldine Steel' - Jeffery Deaver

'Taut and compelling' - Peter James

'Leigh Russell has become one of the most impressively dependable purveyors of the English police procedural' - Times