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.
Poverty and Inclusion in Early Years Education helps practitioners to understand the experiences of young children living in poverty. It considers recent policy and practice reforms which have recognised the critical role played by Early Years settings and practitioners in guaranteeing a secure foundation for children's future attainment.
When 18-year-old Grace Clifton disappears on her way home from work in the centre of Birmingham late at night, DI Tom Mariner is inclined to believe she left of her own accord. Then the package arrives; it contains Grace's clothes, neatly pressed and laundered. A second woman disappears. And a disturbing pattern begins to emerge.