DS Nikki Parekh

When a body is found at the edge of Chellow Dene reservoir and are quick to arrive. This is the third murder in the space of a few weeks. Each murder has a completely different MO, but there is one common theme... all the victims are teenagers. The dead boy reminds Nikki of her nephew, and she feels more helpless than ever. But then another boy goes missing. And this time his parents have been sent a threatening package too. The pattern is different again — is the killer just playing a game? “ '.”Simply!”, and I enjoyed each and every moment of it!'

When an anonymous tip-off leads detectives and to the sprawling Salinger estate, Nikki's senses are on high alert. The brutal murder of all four members of the Salinger family has shocked the sleepy Bradford village to the core. A mother, father, daughter, and son... all killed in exactly the same way—whilst sat around the coffee table, playing a game of Monopoly. But Nikki notices that there are five pieces on the board. One of the players is missing.

When receives a set of threatening postcards, she knows it can only mean one thing... The man who escaped arrest after murdering her mother two years ago is back. Each postcard has a similar message. As the post marks on the cards gradually get closer to Bradford, Nikki must do everything she can to protect her family and catch the killer before it's too late. But when human remains are found in a remote barn on the icy Yorkshire moors, Nikki's attention is pulled away from her family. When a tattoo on the victim's arm—the only means of identification—leads nowhere, the team have already met a dead end.