Finders Keepers - Tapa blanda

"She's a thriller queen... The woman most likely to lead the fightback against the Scandinavian crime-wave" (Sunday Times (Culture))

"One of the leading names in crime fiction" (Stylist Magazine)

"Bauer is not occupied by writing a "crime story" - although there is a crime at the heart of it - she is more interested in writing a novel" (Karin Fossum)

"The most disturbing new talent around" (Val McDermid)

"Bauer takes astonishing risks but - like a brilliant ski-jumper - arcs down to the perfect landing" (Independent)

The eight-year-old boy had vanished from the car and - as if by slick, sick magic - had been replaced by a note on the steering wheel . . . 'You don't love him'...

At the height of summer a dark shadow falls across Exmoor. Children are being stolen from cars. Each disappearance is marked only by a terse note - a brutal accusation. There are no explanations, no ransom demands... and no hope.

Policeman Jonas Holly faces a precarious journey into the warped mind of the kidnapper if he's to stand any chance of catching him. But - still reeling from a personal tragedy - is Jonas really up to the task?

Because there's at least one person on Exmoor who thinks that, when it comes to being the first line of defence, Jonas Holly may be the last man to trust...