
What happens to a town when a child disappears without a trace? Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler is still grappling with the unresolved murder of a colleague when a call summons him back to the English cathedral town of Lafferton. A nine-year-old boy,...

What happens to a town when a child disappears without a trace? Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler is still grappling with the unresolved murder of a colleague when a call summons him back to the English cathedral town of Lafferton. A nine-year-old boy,...








Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler, first introduced in The Various Haunts of Men, is on a painting holiday in Venice when he is summoned home by a telephone call. He has family problems to face, and the stress and grind of running a busy police station. When...