The gripping first novel in the exciting new Stone and Oliver series by award-winning author, Mari Hannah. 'Nobody understands the many faces of cops better than Mari Hannah.' Val McDermid Alex should never have agreed to the spur-of-the-moment holiday with her sister. Seven days felt like a year without Daniel, her ten-year-old son. This was the first time they had been apart since he was born and her husband had convinced her it was a good idea. It was a bad idea. Daniel has gone missing. As local CID officers, David Stone and Frankie Oliver have been assigned their first case together. A small boy's fate lies in their hands and the pressure is on. And when someone close to Daniel is found dead, they begin to feel the heat.