Returning to Exeter CID after his son's unsolved disappearance Detective Sergeant Peter Gayle's first day back was supposed to be gentle. Until a young girl is reported missing and the clock begins to tick. Rosie Whitlock has been abducted from outside her school that morning. There are no clues, but Peter isn't letting another child disappear. When the body of another young victim appears, the hunt escalates. Someone is abducting young girls and now they have a murderer on their hands. Time is running out for Rosie, but when evidence in the case relating to his own son's disappearance is discovered the stakes are even higher.
