Publisher's Synopsis
People can't simply vanish into thin air... can they?
A missing hiker. A covert drugs operation. A ticking clock. And one seriously pissed off Detective Inspector!
When an elderly hiker fails to return home, DCI Frank Finnegan assigns the task to his brightest officer- Detective Inspector Prisha Kumar. What initially turns out to be a missing persons case soon becomes far more baffling and suspicious.
Meanwhile, DS Zac Stoker is on an undercover operation aimed at disrupting the importation of illicit drugs by sea. He's supposed to be a back-up. Another set of eyes and ears, helping an unwholesome character from Police Scotland. But he's soon dragged into a dangerous game of cat and mouse.
DCI Finnegan must manage his limited resources, cool frayed tempers, massage injured egos, and ultimately piece together two different deadly puzzles before it's too late! With his superiors conspiring to put him out to pasture, can he catch a killer, bust a drugs ring, and end speculation about his retirement?
Set in the rugged and atmospheric countryside of North Yorkshire,
