BLOOD MONEY

Just when he is prepared to take a well-earned leave of absence DI Tom Mariner is called back to the case when six-week-old Jessica Klinnemann is abducted from a local day nursery. What at first appears to be a random kidnapping gradually reveals itself to be a meticulously planned operation. The motive remains unclear until Mariner discovers that the babys father works for a scientific research company that has long been the target of animal rights activists. A crude note seems to confirm that animal rights protesters were behind the scare but just when Mariner thinks hes solved the crime one of the nursery workers is killed in a hit and run and the case is blown wide open.