This is the third book in a series and I enjoyed all 3 of them. You really have to read them in order. Jo Bannister's writing is so easy to follow so it is easy to get immersed in her stories. These three books involve the same two main characters, a guy (Gabriel Ash) who has gone a bit crazy due to his wife and 2 sons having been kidnapped by Somali pirates. He was an intelligence officer based in London but he quit his job and moved to his home town in the north of England not knowing if his wife and sons are dead or alive. The 3 novels are set 4 years later. The other main character is a young woman who is a new police officer who gets to know Gabriel Ash when he runs afoul of the local police. The issue of his missing family is in the background but it finally gets revolved in this third book, very engaging and suspenseful in a cosy mystery sort of way. Very interesting, likeable characters too. Not sure if this is the end of this series as the main issue was resolved in the latest one. Would read a 4th, however, it it comes out. ( )