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<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'A little girl is missing from under her mother's nose. She'll be scared and vulnerable - if she's still alive. But no one is helping us search. No one wants to give us information. No one even seems surprised. What's going on?'</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Detective Bernadette Noel</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> came to this quiet rural corner of south-west England from London to lie low after a high-profile prosecution led to death threats against her family. But she has barely settled in when the call comes. A woman's voice shrill with terror and thick with tears: 'Help - it's my daughter Molly - I only had my back turned for a minute... She's gone!'</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A child abduction is about as far from lying low as it gets and her boss wants to assign a different detective. But there's no way Bernie's not taking the case - she can't miss this chance to prove herself.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Five-year-old </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Molly Reynolds</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> has been snatched from the playground in the village where she lives. Normally in cases like this the community is an asset - eager to help search and full of local knowledge. But although Molly's mother </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Jessica </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>is in anguish the other villagers don't seem to want to know.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>As details emerge Bernie discovers a possible link to a shocking crime that has never been solved and which the locals have never forgotten. But what exactly is the connection to Molly's abduction? Cracking a cold case is the only way to find out - and meanwhile time is running out for Molly.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A dark and compelling crime thriller that will have you reading late into the night. If you like Val McDermid D.S. Butler or Angela Marsons you'll love Joy Kluver.</strong></p><p><br></p>