Publisher's Synopsis
It is spring in the quiet cathedral town of Lafferton when a little boy is snatched as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home, waiting for his lift to school. Meanwhile a severely handicapped young woman hovers between life and death and an ex-con fnds it impossible to go straight...
Haunting and truthful, gripping and convincing,The Pure in Heartis neither a thriller nor a whodunnit, but a fascinating crime novel and an utterly absorbing read.
