The mystery begins when an eight-year-old girl, Daisy Mason, disappears from a barbecue at her parents’ house.

An uninterested mother who seems to care more about her appearance than the fact that her daughter has gone missing and a father who comes across as cold and hostile. En mi opinión, la idea no era mala, pero al hacerlo así, pasó de ser una idea novedosa a una desastrosa. Cara Hunter me hace dudar del padre de Daisy, de su madre, de su hermano, de los vecinos, de sus amigas del colegio y de todos los personajes del entorno familiar que van apareciendo en escena para ofrecer su testimonio a la policía.I love giving my readers different ways to explore the story and I'm such a geek that I do all my artwork myself.

This in turn, results in anger and threats of violence, and it becomes even more imperative that DI Fawley and his team discover the whereabouts of Daisy.

Adam and his team become embroiled in the tensions and awkward relationships that exist within the Mason family and strange and unsettling details soon begin to emerge. Matters are further complicated as we become aware that Adam and his wife, Alex, recently lost their son, Jake, in highly emotionally upsetting circumstances. House proud mother Sharon Mason is clearly a woman for whom appearances matter and her unruffled demeanour seems oddly calm in comparison to her sweating and agitated husband, Barry, who keeps his head in his hands throughout. The book reveals more information to the reader by featuring flashbacks that explain the family history and open up more possibilities to the crime.

Llego al punto final de la historia después de varios giros en la investigación y un epílogo de esos que te deja un buen rato la cabeza loca pensando hacia atrás. But there’s a certain something about him that gives us some confidence that there’s no-one better to be fighting Daisy’s corner. Lo interesante es que absolutamente todos los personajes cercanos a ella —familiares y amigos— son bastante sospechosos, por lo que nuestra tarea será descubrir quién es el responsable de la extraña desaparición de la niña.

This is an examination of why the parents are so often the focus of this kind of investigation, and it’s an obvious avenue for the story to explore. Este libro nos cuenta, tal y como dice la sinopsis, la extraña desaparición de una niña llamada Daisy, quien misteriosamente desaparece en medio de una fiesta organizada en su propia casa. The further into the story I read, more and more alarm bells were going off in my head as to who took Daisy, especially Dasiy's parents, both of whom I greatly disliked. The investigation team of DI Adam Fawley are a wonderful array of characters including DS Gareth Quinn, DC Chris Gislingham and DC Verity Everett, who add so much depth and variation to the storyline.