This gripping and gracefully nuanced crime procedural introduces DS Manon Bradshaw, a slightly surly but lovably witty unmarried thirty-nine-year-old officer on the Cambridgeshire police force. When her unit tackles a high-profile missing person case, Bradshaw is relieved to take a break from her disastrous love life and lose herself in the investigation. But as secrets upon secrets—and additional, possibly related crimes—emerge, the puzzling mystery intensifies…with huge ramifications for Bradshaw's private life, as well.