'It would be easy to become addicted to Robinson' - "Observer". 'One of the grand masters of the genre' - "Literary Review". When two social workers, investigating reports of child abuse, appear at Brenda Scupham's door, her fear of authority leads her to comply meekly with their requests. Even when they say that they must take her seven-year old daughter Gemma away for tests...It is only when they fail to return Gemma the following day that Brenda realizes something has gone terribly wrong. At the same time, Banks is investigating a particularly unpleasant murder at the site of an abandoned mine. Gradually, the leads in the two cases converge, guiding Banks to one of the most truly terrifying criminals he will ever meet...
- ISBN10 033048219X
- ISBN13 9780330482196
- Publish Date 7 November 2002 (first published 2 May 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 July 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Pan Books
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 352
- Language English