The second novel in the groundbreaking Scott Jericho crime series - featuring crime fiction's very first Traveller detective.

What could be worse than your child disappearing? An emotional, whip-smart and brilliantly clever thriller about a child's disappearance, and the disintegration of a family in the aftermath.

In this sequel to the tantalizing Devil's Breath, Professor Eustacia Rose is back to solve another murder using her extensive knowledge of botany.

Refusing the Met-offered counselling service, Jack instead finds solace instead through renewing a dangerous friendship with the artist and master forger, Adam Border. When a body is discovered nailed to a giant cross in a framer's shop, Jack feels a connection to the case even though it is not in his jurisdiction.