Lynda La Plante –
Amy Fulford, excellent pupil and gifted athlete at a girls’ public school in Ascot vanishes one Saturday afternoon. DSI Marshe runs the local missing persons unit. He is responsible for overseeing the disappearance of Amy Fulford. But, as a late joiner and with only ten years of service, and a bullish DCS on his back, he tends to be unsure of himself.
While the spiral of media interest in the missing daughter of a well-connected couple heats up, the spotlight turns on the parents who are embroiled in a bitter divorce. Amy’s journal surfaces with disturbing entries about her mother’s abilities – and also her father’s sordid sexual activities.
Marshe’s DCS is convinced Marcus Fulford is responsible for his daughter’s death. But Marshe himself is not so sure. He discovers some startling and disturbing discoveries about Amy’s teachers and peers. Did Amy Fulford have a need to escape . . . or was she driven by abuse and despair to disappear into another world?