<p>A sixteen-year-old boy is missing in a Tel Aviv suburb. His mother is worried. Inspector Avraham Avraham is not. It is unheard of for children to vanish in this city. </p><p>But the boy has disappeared without trace. The parents are wretched, the neighbourhood suspicious; the boy''s tutor harbours a secret. </p><p>Avraham''s only answer is so unthinkable, it will take all his courage to face. </p>