β Scribed by Jenny O'Brien
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Alys is fine. Don't try to find us. Five years ago, Izzy Grant's boyfriend Charlie took their newborn daughter Alys out for a drive. They never came back. After years of waiting, Izzy has almost given up hoping that they're still alive β until a note is pushed through her door telling her they're fine, not to look for them. Suddenly the case is top priority again, and Izzy is swarmed with faces from the past: the detective who was first on the scene to help; an old friend who vanished not long after Alys and Charlie. Izzy doesn't know who she can trust, who is sending her notes, where Charlie and Alys might be. Her only ally is DC Gabriella Darin, recently transferred from Swansea and fleeing a painful past of her own. Gaby knows something doesn't fit with the case, and she knows Izzy won't rest until she finds out what really happened to her daughter. Could someone she knew and trusted really have taken Alys from her? Wherever Alys and Charlie are, Gaby is determined to find...
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