"I love discovering new authors especially one who can shock and surprise me like this as it doesn't happen very often!" Joanne Robertson - My Chestnut Reading Tree

"Don’t you just love it when you pick up a book and it blows you away, well Betsy Reavley has managed to do just that with a book that’s absolutely filled with suspense and intrigue." Lorraine Rugman - The Book Review Cafe

"This was a fantastic book and one I knew from the first chapter it was going to keep me enthralled reading it." Leona - Goodreads Reviewer

"Wow! What a stunning book. Draws you in, spins you a line and boom! you've got it completely wrong. Loved it. So clever." MetLineReader - Goodreads Reviewer

"This is a book that once you start reading it you won't be able to stop. It is a story that grabs you right from the very beginning."  Joseph Calleja, Relax and Read book Reviews

"This is true stand-out in the domestic noir genre." Caroline Matson, Confessions of a Reading Addict 

"Betsy Reavley has reached new heights with this breathtaking book. Child abduction is always a difficult subject and she has totally embraced it in this outstanding book. It will leave you feeling emotionally drained and in awe of this author. Her best book yet, a literary masterpiece" Anita Waller, best-selling author of 34 Days, Angel and Beautiful

"Absolutely incredible book, cannot praise it enough. I think it's my best read of 2016." Emma De Oliveira, an ARC reviewer

"It went from heart pounding moments to adrenaline rushes where I simply couldn’t speak.  This is one of my top three books of the year, awesome!" Susan Hampson - Books From Dusk Till Dawn

"Reavley has written a stunning thriller which is fast-paced and full of twists and turns. I was completely invested in this narrative, submerged by the tension and gravity of the situation." Clair Boor - Have Books Will Read

Epigraph

“Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.”

Louisa May Alcott

“There are two motives for reading a book:

one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can

boast about it.”

Bertrand Russell

If you’re going to play with fire, you’re going to get burnt – Proverb

Dedication

For all my ladies. You know who you are.

Prologue

7.30am 22 June

It didn’t take the Border Collie long to discover the source of the scent it had followed for the last five minutes. In amongst the red campion flowers lay a woman’s discarded shoe. The dog sniffed eagerly, its tail announcing its excitement at the find.