'Heart-stopping and heart-rending, this is Liam McIlvanney's best novel yet' VAL MCDERMID WHEN A CHILD DISAPPEARS, NO SECRET IS SAFE . . . THE POIGNANT AND BRILLIANTLY CLEVER NEW THRILLER FROM AWARD-WINNING CRIME AUTHOR, LIAM McILVANNEY Gordon and Sarah Rutherford are normal, happy people with successful, fulfilling lives. They have a son they adore, a house on the beach and a safe, friendly and honest community in a picture-postcard town on the Scottish coast. Until one day, Bonnie the labrador comes in from the beach alone. Their son, Rory, has gone - the only trace left behind is a single black slider. Their lives don't fall apart immediately. While there's still hope they dig deep and try to carry on. But as desperation mounts, arms around shoulders become fingers pointed - at friends, family, strangers, each other. Without any answers only questions remain. Who can they trust? How far will they go to find out what happened to Rory? And the deadliest of all: what could be worse than your child disappearing? 'Beautifully written, this is easily one of the finest crime novels I've read in a very long time' C.M. EWAN