Publisher's Synopsis
This is not a story about a girl who disappears. This is the story of a little girl who comes back. She appears one day on a seaside promenade, with a black flower and a horrifying story. But telling that story will start a chain reaction of dangerous lies and deadly illusions that will claim many more victims in the years to come. When Neil Dawson's father commits suicide, Neil is desperate. But through his grief, he knows something isn't right. Among his father's possessions, he finds a copy of an old novel, The Black Flower. Opening it will take Neil into an investigation full of danger, pain and subterfuge.
