Book description
A quiet residential street in south London.
A husband and wife are discovered, imprisoned in their own home.
Badly dehydrated, they've been bound and beaten. He is close to death.
But worse is to come: their young son is missing.
When Detective Inspector Jack Caffery is called in to investigate,
the similarities with events in his own past make it impossible for
him to view this new crime dispassionately.
And as he digs deeper - as he attempts to hold his own life together
in the face of ever more disturbing revelations about both his past
and his present - the real nightmare begins ...
Mo Hayder has written some of the most terrifying crime thrillers
you will ever read. Her first novel, Birdman, was hailed as a
'first-class shocker' by the Guardian and her follow-up, The
Treatment was voted by the Times one of 'the top ten most scary
thrillers ever written'. In 2012 Gone won the
prestigious Edgars Best Novel award.
Mo left school at 15 and has worked as a barmaid, security guard,
English teacher, and even a hostess in a Tokyo club. She has an MA in
film making from the American University in Washington DC and an MA in
creative writing from Bath Spa University. She now lives in England's
West Country and is a full-time writer.
For more information on Mo Hayder and her books, see her website at
www. mohayder. net
