Chris Collett creëert misdaadromans die diep geworteld zijn in de ervaringen van gewone mensen en de sfeervolle omgevingen van kustplaatsen. Haar verhalen duiken in de complexiteit van de menselijke natuur, voortbouwend op een schat aan eerdere ervaringen uit diverse banen. Nu gepensioneerd uit de academische wereld, brengt Collett een scherp observerend oog en een diepgaand begrip van de gemeenschap in haar meeslepende mysteries. Ze bouwt meesterlijk spanning op en creëert boeiende plots die resoneren bij lezers door hun authentieke stem en complexe ontwikkeling.
When a man dies in a house fire, the investigating officers are left baffled as to whether the blaze was started deliberately. It's not the first time the Shah family has been targeted. At the same time, DI Mariner is searching for a missing bridegroom. Two seemingly unrelated investigations - but there is more to each case than meets the eye.
Just when he is prepared to take a well-earned leave of absence, DI Tom Mariner is called back to the case when six-week-old Jessica Klinnemann is abducted from a local day nursery. What at first appears to be a random kidnapping gradually reveals itself to be a meticulously planned operation. The motive remains unclear until Mariner discovers that the baby’s father works for a scientific research company that has long been the target of animal rights activists. A crude note seems to confirm that animal rights protesters were behind the scare, but just when Mariner thinks he’s solved the crime, one of the nursery workers is killed in a hit and run, and the case is blown wide open.