About the book

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace knows not every love story has a happy ending. Grace's wife Sandy is officially declared dead after being missing for a decade, allowing him to marry the mother of his baby son. But Sandy's disappearance is unexplained for a reason. Bryce Laurent doesn't want his ex-girlfriend to move on. Terrified by Bryce's dark side, she seeks police protection. But Bryce will not be stopped, determined to destroy everything and everyone she has ever known and loved - and then her too . . . 'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business' Karin Slaughter 'James just gets better and better and deserves the success he has achieved with this first-class series' Independent on Sunday