MEET DETECTIVE RUTHERFORD BARNES IN THIS BRILLIANT BRITISH CRIME SERIES FROM A SERVING POLICE OFFICER, PACKED FULL OF TWISTS.Barnes finally has the family he always longed for. But someone is coming for them . . .Detective Barnes crouches down by the body near the seafront. Male, mid-twenties. The face is blue-white, mouth stretched open in a silent yawn.Suddenly his eye is caught by an abrupt movement. A woman has fallen over on the pavement opposite. 'Looks like someone's feeling crook, ' says Howlett, his detective constable.Then Barnes sees another person collapse nearby. A young man, fit. He hasn't tripped. His body starts to convulse on the ground.As panic spreads through the crowd, Barnes's mobile rings. It's Tamsin, his normally unflappable partner.'Barnes . . .' She sounds frantic. 'It's . . . it's Maggie.'Barnes goes cold. 'What about her?''She was supposed to be at rugby practice. But she never showed up. She's . . . she's missing.'His stepdaughter is missing - and Barnes has a very bad feeling about who might be responsible . . .Perfect for fans of Joy Ellis, Helen H. Durrant, Peter James, Angela Marsons, Rachel McLean, J.D. Kirk or J.M. Dalgliesh.
MEET DETECTIVE RUTHERFORD BARNES IN THIS BRILLIANT BRITISH CRIME SERIES FROM A SERVING POLICE OFFICER, PACKED FULL OF TWISTS.Barnes finally has the family he always longed for. But someone is coming for them . . .Detective Barnes crouches down by the body near the seafront. Male, mid-twenties. The face is blue-white, mouth stretched open in a silent yawn.Suddenly his eye is caught by an abrupt movement. A woman has fallen over on the pavement opposite. 'Looks like someone's feeling crook, ' says Howlett, his detective constable.Then Barnes sees another person collapse nearby. A young man, fit. He hasn't tripped. His body starts to convulse on the ground.As panic spreads through the crowd, Barnes's mobile rings. It's Tamsin, his normally unflappable partner.'Barnes . . .' She sounds frantic. 'It's . . . it's Maggie.'Barnes goes cold. 'What about her?''She was supposed to be at rugby practice. But she never showed up. She's . . . she's missing.'His stepdaughter is missing - and Barnes has a very bad feeling about who might be responsible . . .Perfect for fans of Joy Ellis, Helen H. Durrant, Peter James, Angela Marsons, Rachel McLean, J.D. Kirk or J.M. Dalgliesh.
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