A cold case is reopened in this intelligent, absorbing crime novel
starring unique female sleuth Stella Darnell
It is a year since her father's death, but Stella Darnell has not moved
on. She still cleans his house every day, leaving it spotless, as if he
might return. Terry Darnell was Detective Chief Superintendent at
Hammersmith police station, and now Stella has discovered an unsolved
case in his darkroom: a folder of unlabeled photographs of deserted
streets. The oldest photograph dates back to 1966. To a day when Mary
Thornton, just 10 years old, is taking her little brother home from
school in time for tea. That afternoon, as the Moors Murderers are sent
to prison for life, Mary witnesses something that will haunt her
forever. As Stella inches closer to the truth, the events of that day
begin to haunt her too. . .