The second Sally Reardon Supernatural Mystery, following on from the horrors of Birkin House she experienced in Of Time and Dust. A young girl, Perdita Eames, has gone missing during a busy market in a quiet Dorchester town, and DI Anthony Anderson, the Love Rat, has called Sally in, hoping desperately that she will find something - anything - that will help him bring Perdita home alive. But has Sally been called in for her forensic expertise or her burgeoning psychic gift?
Steven Savile (born October 12, 1969, in Newcastle, England) is a British fantasy, horror and thriller writer, and editor living in Sala, Sweden.
Under the Ronan Frost penname (inspired by the hero of his bestselling novel, Silver) he has also written the action thriller White Peak, and as Matt Langley was a finalist for the People's Book Prize.