The Family Retreat'A gripping and smart thriller that kept me guessing . Sensitive but not sensationalist, a page turner with an important message, I was hooked.' MARISA BATE When Rob decides the family needs to get away for the summer Jess is not convinced won't all the things they're escaping be waiting for them on their return? But the kids are thrilled, and before long their idyllic little cottage, the sea air, and the feel of skin sticky from sun cream, lollies

on one of the few family farms still managing to compete with the giants of Big Agriculture

Hymn was the result

John Thoresby

Once again told through a compelling dossier of emails

As the search for the missing girl continues

But her background most certainly is

eager to beat everybody to the loot

as he discovers

Naturally he has killed off all witnesses

Melissa Whitworth was just beginning to discover the truth about her husband

and since then the mantle of Presidency has passed to some of the most significant names in the history of crime fiction

And as they try desperately to second guess a man who kills purely for the thrill of it