An abducted girl - Lucy Osborne - but the female body discovered by the police isn't hers so who is she and where is Lucy? Already a complicated case for DI Steve Reason, it gets worse an unexplained of a police officer and the suspension of Reason's assistant, DC Peter Dawson. Now he's got a maverick rookie detective and Lucy's long-estranged father to cope with into the bargain and still no solid leads on the disappearance.

A second case for the Eastbourne-based Inspector following on from 'Driven To Murder'.