On a chill November day in Sheffield, Bobby Stephens, an eight-year-old boy is kidnapped. That same day, in Bolton, two men have a tense meeting in Heywood Park. In Liverpool, a woman breaks into a house to search its contents. All are strands in a tantalising mystery, and it seems to Chief Inspector Sandy Woodings that Margaret Stephens, the boy's mother, knows more than she is telling him. As the hunt proceeds, the paucity of evidence becomes alarming. Woodings feels personally involved, his own son, Gerry, is of the same age as Bobby. And Woodings' marriage is on the rocks. Then a bizarre note arrives, addressed to Margaret Stephens and the murders begin. This is the first book in a thriller trilogy, which also features the novels "Sweet Summer" and "Tiger Tiger."
- ISBN10 187408226X
- ISBN13 9781874082262
- Publish Date 7 April 1999 (first published 17 May 1990)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Swift Publishers
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 352
- Language English