Fifteen-year-old Cassie Booth is missing after her paper round. Then her bloodstained jacket is found in a boathouse belonging to Karl Wilding, but there is little evidence against him.
A routine visit by Detective Inspector Pat North to appease persistent complainer Stephen Warrington spirals into something far more sinister. As his behaviour becomes increasingly obsessive, North is caught in a frightening web of deceit and lies that fuel her suspicion that Warrington has been involved in a far more horrific crime . . .
