The first girl came back. The next might not be so lucky... A girl is taken from the streets of Oxford. But it\"s unlike any abduction DI Fawley\"s seen before . . . Faith Appleford was attacked, a plastic bag tied over her head, taken to an isolated location . . . and then, by some miracle, she escaped....

Do you know what they\"re hiding in the house next door? A woman and child are found locked in a basement room, barely alive. No one knows who they are - the woman can\"t speak, and there are no missing persons reports that match their profile. The elderly man who owns the house claims he has never seen them before....

Midnight. A call out to an isolated farm on the outskirts of Oxford. A body shot at point-blank range in the kitchen. It looks like a burglary gone wrong, but DI Adam Fawley suspects there\"s something more to it....

What if someone wanted your family dead? It\"s one of the most disturbing cases DI Fawley has ever worked. The Christmas holidays, and two children have just been pulled from the wreckage of their burning home in North Oxford. The toddler is dead, and his brother is soon fighting for his life. Why were they left in the house alone?...

An attractive student. An older professor. Think you know the story? Think again. She has everything at stake; he has everything to lose. But one of them is lying, all the same. When an Oxford student accuses one of the university\"s professors of sexual assault, DI Adam Fawley\"s team think they\"ve heard it all before....

Someone took Daisy Mason . . . Someone you know. Last night, eight-year-old Daisy Mason disappeared from a family party. No one in the quiet suburban street saw anything - or at least that\"s what they\"re saying. DI Adam Fawley is trying to keep an open mind. But he knows the nine times out of ten, it\"s someone the victim knew....