Evan Evans, The Detective Constable, finds his current case bringing back his childhood to the foreground of his current life. A little girl had gone 'missing', she was his friend at the time, although from a different class. One days she goes missing.

Decades later, DC Evans goes to look at the shell of a hut he plans of making his new home and finds the bones of a small child...could it be?

This starts off this book with a bang.

Is there a connection with a current 'missing' child report? You will have to read to find out.