The book shifts between first-person accounts from Fawley and third-person perspectives from other team members and witnesses.

A "quiet" community where everyone seems to be hiding something beneath an innocent facade. Narrative Style

Cara Hunter uses a distinctive format to immerse readers in the investigation:

Includes the methodical Acting Sergeant Gislingham and the brash Sergeant Quinn, who is often at odds with his superiors.

The story begins with a disturbing discovery: a woman and a young boy are found locked in the basement of an elderly man's house in an affluent Oxford neighborhood.