When he was 12, Adam Ryan went playing in the woods one day with his two best friends. He never saw them again. Their bodies were never found, and Adam was discovered with his back pressed against an oak tree, his shoes filled with blood, and no memory of what had happened. Twenty years on, Rob Ryan...

When he was 12, Adam Ryan went playing in the woods one day with his two best friends. He never saw them again. Their bodies were never found, and Adam was discovered with his back pressed against an oak tree, his shoes filled with blood, and no memory of what had happened. Twenty years on, Rob Ryan's a detective in Dublin's police force. He has changed his name. No one knows about his past. Then a little girl's body is found at the site of the old tragedy and Rob is drawn back into the mystery. This stunningly accomplished psychological mystery will take you on a thrilling journey through a tangled web of evil and beyond - to the inexplicable.