Behind Closed Doors - Tapa blanda

There's an instinct all investigators share: the lure of the curious. We're like collectors rummaging through the shadowy corners of a bric-a-brac shop; we just can't resist intrigue when it pops up. PI Eddie Flynn is having a bad day. When some snot-nosed kid barges in with a story about a missing girl, it doesn't get any better - especially since Rebecca Slater's parents say nothing's wrong. Problem is, the family are telling lies. Before he knows it Flynn's following a trail that leads out of the Slaters' mansion and straight into the gutter. Down among the rats Rebecca's not the only girl who's missing - and in a game where there's no such thing as coincidence, how long will it be before Flynn disappears too?

Michael Donovan was born in Yorkshire but brought up in Lancashire where he still lives. A consultant engineer, this is his first work of fiction.