The Lost Ones

About this book

Some secrets are better left undiscovered. When a nine-year-old girl goes missing in Harwood Forest the search for her brings back memories of an unsolved double murder some forty years earlier. Could the key to Erin Jacksons disappearance lie in the bloody fate of Elijah and Joanna Ingham bludgeoned to death while their young daughters slept? Were the Inghams really the victims of opportunistic burglarsor a more sinister fate? The woods are combed for signs of the child but Erins brother Jake mounts his own investigation uncovering evidence that puts the Inghams daughtersvanished Rachel and crazy Maryin the frame. Meanwhile Erins father suspects that the ragtag army of eco-warriors besieging his quarry development may have something to hide. As devastating secrets and betrayals are revealed the Jackson family is brought to a breaking point. But time is running out. Erin is still missing and Jakes unorthodox enquiries have left him dangerously exposed. They must find Erin and lay the past to restbefore they become its latest victims.