'Anne had known him immediately. Even in the dark. Even with the ski mask covering his face. More importantly, she had known why.'

Dorothy Hardy and Anne Lee have two things in common. Both are social workers with connections tot he scandal-hit Calderbank children's home. Both have been abducted... But there is another link between the two women - their former colleague Dr Christine Radcliffe, a sophisticated, self-possessed consultant psychologist. DCI Alan Jameson, in a race to find the women alive and well, cannot ignore this connection. Especially when Christine is clearly nursing a dark, violent secret from her past.