Everything you tell me will be followed up on, and we can save a lot of time if you can resist the urge to make up what you don’t know.

My heart lurches at the thought of her, of the pain she has yet to feel, of the gaping hole that’s about to open up in her world. The twists and turns made me very unsure of the way things were going which compelled me to read to the end.

On the kitchen wall beside me an old photograph of Chloe looks down – not the funny, fawn-legged Chloe of today, but the little Chloe of years ago, long before I ever knew her. The ending was superb, just the type of conclusion that I appreciate, one that takes me off guard a bit, but in a good way. The book opens with a intreguing prologue that is voiced by a unknown person and then chapter one launches straight into Jess being questioned by DCI Jacobs who is the Detective that is in charge of the investigation into Daisy`s disappearance.

I look beyond the inspector, out into the empty space of the doorway towards the dining room as another officer passes by.This was a really engrossing read that kept me on my toes and Ashdown's writing style was really crisp and effective. Exploring the darker side of sibling rivalry, Isabel Ashdown, her writing as perfect as ever, skilfully unpicks this tangled web of mistrust to give us a story that grips hard from the start. The relationship between sisters is always a fascinating dynamic to me and Emily and Jess definitely have a tangled past. She’s older than me, maybe nudging fifty, and her hair is cut in a close ear-tucked style, entirely grey. There, standing on her doorstep, in the rain, is Stephen, ex-boyfriend of her younger sister, Veronica Karen.