When three-year-old Emilia Troy goes missing every one knows that social worker Joshua Salem is the prime suspect. Although Emilia lived with her widowed and remarried father, Joshua was convinced that the child was at risk. Three days later a body is found in a shallow grave. Superintendent Gregory Summers has several suspects--and a new Chief Inspector sidelined with family problems. In the middle of a countryside riddled with foot and mouth disease, events move towards a chilling climax as he tries to trap an adversary who is cunning, ruthless and quite possibly insane...
Susan B. Kelley was born in the Chilterns and grew up in Oxford. After reading French and English at London University, she worked as a freelance computer programmer for many years. She is now a full-time writer and lives in West London with her solicitor husband and cat.
She is the creator of: 1. 'Alison Hope and Nick Trevellyan', a businesswoman and a Detective Inspector. 2. 'Gregory Summers', Superintendent of the Newbury police force.