Kindred spirits

Gabriel Ash is sure his estranged wife is behind a failed snatch of their sons, staged in the open as the children left school. He credits Constable Hazel Best with stepping in to keep the boys safe. Ash's theory is neat and frightening, yet Hazel suspects there is more to it. While digging, she turns up evidence of an older crime whose fallout is still endangering people seventeen years on. She is again clashing with her own superiors, who may have worked together to shield a killer. This time Ash is not backing her, and she can no longer read his motives. Hazel once believed they understood each other, and now her own life is at risk and she needs allies more than ever.