Publisher's Synopsis
DI Joanna Piercy has built her reputation on thorough investigative police work, but now, distracted by her recent miscarriage and having split from her partner Matthew, she is battling through a painful emotional time. So when Arthur Pennington enters her office and reports his wife Beatrice missing, Joanna does not share his concern. Convinced that his wife is merely involved in an extra-marital affair, she is dismissive of Arthur's concerns, until Beatrice's body is found dumped on the Leek moorlands. Unbeknown to even her close family, Beatrice had been harbouring a secret and dangerously obsessive infatuation...
