Clare Curzon

Emily Howard is nineteen years old, slim and petite with a pale complexion and a red rose tattoo. She is also missing. She disappeared three days ago, and now her father has been sent photographs of her naked body. He is desperate to find her. So he calls Ed Loy, a private investigator who knows the dark streets of Dublin better than most; a man who will find Emily Howard within twenty- four hours. But locating Emily turns out to be only the beginning. Within hours, Emily's ex-boyfriend is found murdered, and Loy finds himself in a race against time to catch a killer - and to unearth the many dark secrets the Howard family have kept long buried.

The Thames Valley Police Force investigate two deaths, linked at first only by a parcel.

Usual well-plotted well-written mystery from Clare Curzon featuring the main character's sidekick, Angus Mott, whose girlfriend goes on vacation to Crete and doesn't return.