‘DCI Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths

‘Matilda Darke is an excellent character’ BA Paris

A MISSING TEENAGER

When Sharon Mackintosh allows her teenage daughter to pick up a friend late one evening, she doesn’t expect to find the police on her doorstep the next morning. The body of a young woman has been found in the boot of a car and the police think it’s her daughter.

AN ABANDONED CAR

DCI Matilda Darke and her team are called in to investigate the murder. The body has been left in such a peaceful way, she could almost be sleeping, except for the trauma to the back of her head.

A CRIME OF PASSION

With the body of one teenager in the morgue and a second missing, Matilda’s on borrowed time. But when new information comes to light about the identity of the missing teenager, her investigation takes a dark turn back to the past…

Praise for Michael Wood:

‘Dark and twisted’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This book had me gripped and reading through the night’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This is one of the darkest books I've read for a very long time, but Michael in his usual way handles it brilliantly’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘My new favourite author’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Utterly fantastic’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Fast-paced’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Bleak and chilling… highly recommended’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐