A young woman has gone missing, and her cousin has asked Drew Slocombe,
an amateur detective, to look into her disappearance. Joined by his
business partner, Maggs, They commence their sleuthing at the home of
the missing woman. What they discover prompts them to approach the
police. DS Den Cooper takes on the case, primarily because it has been a
quiet summer.
Drew is surprised when the missing young woman turns up while he is
visiting her mother. She informs them that she had been kidnapped and
locked up. DS Cooper is informed the following morning that a child is
missing and purportedly with the missing woman. When he tells Drew of
the missing child, Drew doesn't inform him that the missing woman is no
longer missing. DS Cooper is concerned when he speaks to the parents of
the missing child that the father doesn't seem to be concerned about
his daughter.
The missing child is found dead shortly afterwards. The story takes a
strange twist when the young woman who had started the queries in the
first place commits suicide. Author Rebecca Tope pulls everything
together in this bizarre murder mystery in the closing chapters. A
good, quick read.
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