First published 2007
Two years have passed since Nell Ryder disappeared without a trace. The fifteen year old equestrian prodigy was the granddaughter of one of England's most prestigious stud farm owners. Her entire family has abandoned hope of finding her alive. Only her uncle Vernon Rice refuses to give up the search. The cold case captures the attention of Melrose Plant, partly because Nell's father Roger Ryder serves as the physician to Richard Jury at Royal London Hospital. For Jury, this puzzle provides welcome distraction from his detestable nurse between medical appointments. The Cambridge police consider the investigation permanently closed. Plant must navigate family secrets and rural English society to uncover what happened to the missing girl. The case forces him to confront how hope and despair shape a family torn apart by uncertainty.
Genres: suspense, mystery, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: missing-person, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Cambridge, England, Royal London Hospital
Period: 2 Years Ago
510 pages · Pocket Book · POCKET