<p><font><b>Where were you the night Lina Stavred went missing? </b></font><br><br>''A terrific twisting roller-coaster of a thriller.'' <b>PETER JAMES</b><br>''Intensely gripping.'' <b>CHRIS WHITAKER</b><br><br><b>The case was closed.</b><br>Lina Stavred went missing 20 years ago. A local boy confessed to her murder ¿ but the body was never found.<br><br><b>The records were sealed.</b><br>Since then, the people of ¿alen have avoided talking about that painful summer, preferring to leave the past untouched. <br><br><b>But we know you remember<i>.</i></b><br>Now Lina''s murderer has reappeared. This is detective Eira Sj¿din¿s chance to untangle years of well-kept secrets ¿ but the truth is something ¿alen would rather forget.<br><br>¿Atmospheric, immersive and utterly compelling.¿ <b>M. W. CRAVEN</b><br>¿Truly gripping!¿ <b>J. M. DALGLEISH</b><br>¿<i>Midsommar</i> meets <i>Mare of Easttown</i> . . . A police procedural with panache.¿ <i><b>O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE</b></i><br><br>