Journalist Laura Ackroyd has a lot on her plate. Having recently
discovered she is pregnant, she must now gather her courage to tell
her partner, DCI Michael Thackeray. So she could have done without
the task of profiling Sir David Murgatroyd, the wealthy venture
capitalist taking over a local school, especially as, apart from
learning from learning of the tragic suicide of his mother, Laura
finds him to be an elusive subject.
Gradually, Laura discovers more about Murgatroyd, his beliefs, and
his power to persuade those around him to his way of thinking. But
is there a more sinister side to him that Laura has yet to discover?
Meanwhile, Thackeray, in the dark about his impending fatherhood,
is busy with the disappearance of Karen Bastable, a young woman who
went missing after an illicit meeting in the local forest. As the
two parents' careers collide, a web of secrecy is revealed, and
Laura must think of her own safety as she becomes entangled in a
reality that is far darker than she could have ever imagined.
'Hall's character have the smack-in-the-face quality of real life,
are well developed and, most importantly, co-exist with some very fine
plotting indeed' Crime Time
