Part of Inspector Banks, book 19
First published 2010
Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks returns from abroad to find chaos waiting at Eastvale police station. A frantic mother has reported finding a gun in her daughter Erin's bedroom. The armed response team's raid goes catastrophically wrong, leaving one person dead. Banks discovers the crisis hits closer to home than he imagined. His own daughter Tracy was Erin's best friend, and she has vanished with the gun's real owner. This man is no ordinary criminal but a dangerous psychopath who won't hesitate to kill. Banks must navigate department politics and official protocols while his child remains missing with a murderer. His partner DI Annie Cabbot faces her own professional consequences from the botched operation. As Banks tracks the pair, he uncovers layers of deception that threaten everything he values. The veteran detective will break rules and risk his career to save Tracy, but this case demands more than police work. It requires a father's desperate love and a dangerous man's willingness to fight fire with fire.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Eastvale
352 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow
Content warnings: violence