At the Bottom of the Dark River

When Detective Kay Sharpe first left the backwater town of Mount Chester, she swore she would never return. The town held only bad memories and dark secrets. But when a seventeen-year-old girl is brutally murdered, Kay must go back. The victim is wearing a locket that Kay recognises. Three-year-old Rose Harrelson had it on when she disappeared from her bedroom in the middle of the night fourteen years ago. The unsolved case still haunts everyone. If the dead girl is Rose, where has she been until now? Who has been hiding her all these years? But the murdered girl is not Rose. So why did she have the locket, and what happened to the little girl? Kay gradually unravels a web of lies and deceit spun over decades, until she comes face to face with a terrifying killer. The next book featuring a case for Detective Kay Sharpe should come with a health warning: you won't be able to sleep and your heart will be pounding like crazy!