<p><strong>MEET DETECTIVE RUTHERFORD BARNES IN THIS BRILLIANT BRITISH CRIME SERIES FROM A SERVING POLICE OFFICER, PACKED FULL OF TWISTS.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Barnes finally has the family he always longed for. But someone is coming for them . . .</strong></p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Then Barnes sees another person collapse nearby. A young man, fit. He hasn't tripped. His body starts to convulse on the ground.</p><p><br></p><p>As panic spreads through the crowd, Barnes's mobile rings. It's Tamsin, his normally unflappable partner.</p><p><br></p><p>'Barnes . . .' She sounds frantic. 'It's . . . it's Maggie.'</p><p><br></p><p>Barnes goes cold. 'What about her?'</p><p><br></p><p>'She was supposed to be at rugby practice. But she never showed up. She's . . . she's missing.'</p><p><br></p><p><strong>His stepdaughter is missing - and Barnes has a very bad feeling about who might be responsible . . .</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Perfect for fans of Joy Ellis, Helen H. Durrant, Peter James, Angela Marsons, Rachel McLean, J.D. Kirk or J.M. Dalgliesh.</p>