In 2016 approximately ten people were abducted every hour in India. Of them six were children. Kidnapping is a crime where it is possibility to save the victim which makes its treatment and results unique. Documenting ten cases of child abduction from across the country Arita Sarkar investigates the bone-chilling details of the disappearance of each child. She delves into the trauma that the victims' families went through as they waited in the hope that their children would return. This book brings to life investigations by the police eyewitness accounts and the perspectives of the accused recreating each case in painstaking detail. Some of the victims you read about will never come home but their stories will stay with you. Review Compelling and riveting -- Neeraj Kumar former Delhi police commissioner and author of Dial D for DonA gripping well-researched book and an impressive debut -- Julio Ribeiro former Mumbai police commissioner About the Author Arita Sarkar is a journalist based out of Mumbai. Since 2011 she has been a reporter at The Hindu Mumbai Mirror the Indian Express and Mid-Day. Her interest in cases concerning the Juvenile Justice Act the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and child rehabilitation led her to research and write a book about the widespread kidnapping of children in India.After completing her schooling from the American International School/Dhaka she graduated from Delhi University with a degree in English literature and later attended the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai. Apart from being a writer she is an ardent lover of music and food and loves to dabble in a bit of both.