The third in the detective series featuring DI Geraldine Steel

Headmistress Abigail Kirby is dead. A potential witness has been murdered. And for DI Geraldine Steel, the stakes have been raised yet higher. Abigail's teenage daughter, Lucy, is missing, believed to have run away with a girl she met online. Time is quickly running out for Geraldine before her naivety costs Lucy her life.

But with a serial killer on the loose, Geraldine's own life is in danger, and though her Sergeant Ian Peterson makes a shocking discovery, could it be too late to save her from a dreadful fate?

"All the ingredients combine to make a tense, clever police whodunnit" - The Times

"Leigh Russell has been building a reputation as a solid practitioners of modern crime fiction" - Crime Time

"Well written and chock full of surprises, this hard-hitting, edge- of-the seat instalment is yet another treat... Geraldine Steel looks set to become a household name. Highly recommended" - Euro Crime

"I could not put this book down" - Newbooks magazine