A Kelsey and Lambert novel. A chance meeting with the attractive Julie Dawson should have been no more than a pleasant interlude for DS Lambert. When she is reported missing two months later however, Lambert decides to look into the matter himself. He discovers that Dawson may be conducting her own private investigation, and starts to follow in her footsteps – but will the trail, which has already unearthed suspicious deaths from the past, lead to a present-day murder?