'Lisa Gardner meets Harlan Coben in this impressive debut that's as disturbing as it is twisty. Firkin takes readers into the mind of a killer like no one else!' Charlie Donlea<br/><br/>It's winter in Melbourne and Detective Emmett Corban is starting to regret his promotion to head of the Missing Persons Unit, as the routine reports pile up on his desk.<br/><br/>So when Natale Gibson goes missing, he's convinced this is the big case he's been waiting for - the woman's husband and parents insist the devoted mother would never abandon her children, and her personal accounts remain untouched.<br/><br/>But things aren't all they seem. The close-knit Italian family is keeping secrets - none bigger than the one Natale has been hiding.<br/><br/>Just as the net seems to be tightening, the investigation is turned on its head. The body of a woman is found . . . then another.<br/><br/>What had seemed like a standard missing person's case has turned into a frightening hunt for a serial killer, and time is running out.<br/><br/>But to really understand these shocking crimes, Emmett and his team will need to delve back through decades of neglect - back to a squalid inner-city flat, where a young boy is left huddling over his mother's body . . .<br/><br/><br/>'A crisp police procedural that shows its characters in both darkness and light . . . A suspenseful, assured debut for fans of Sarah Bailey and Chris Hammer.' Books + Publishing<br/><br/>A terrifying, twisting debut from TV news journalist Katherine Firkin. It's time for a killer to leave his mark . . .