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On a tranquil residential street in south London, a husband and wife are found bound, beaten, and nearly dead inside their own home. Their young son, however, is missing. Detective Inspector Jack Caffery rushes to investigate, only to see unsettling echoes of the crime that mirror a devastating event from his own history. As he digs deeper, Caffery’s attempts to maintain order in his personal life unravel under the weight of shocking revelations about both his past and the present case. The investigation spirals into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of human violence and forensic inquiry.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Mo Hayder
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