The Missing and the Dead

Helen McAllister, a teacher who went missing ten years ago, is the subject of a road accident involving a man killed. Her lover Alice Hauser accuses DI Thomas Maitland of impropriety, leading to his early retirement and grief over the death of his wife two years ago. John, the victim's twin, is convinced that Maitland is to blame and demands payment.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2024
Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers

'An elegantly written and thoroughly involving thriller that delivers a slew of satisfying narrative twists' Barry Forshaw, Crime Time

It appeared that Helen McAllister – for whatever reason – had simply got out of the car sometime the previous morning, taking her keys and bag and phone with her, and walked away…

Ten years later there has been no trace found of the teacher who went missing from a small village on the last day of the school year.

Her lover Alice Hauser’s accusations of impropriety on the part of the senior investigating officer, DI Thomas Maitland, led to his early retirement, his life in disrepair.

Maitland now lives alone, consumed with grief over the death of his wife two years ago.

Then he’s involved in a road accident in which a man is killed. The victim’s twin, John, is convinced that Maitland is to blame for his brother’s death.

And when John meets Alice, they are determined that Maitland should pay the price they demand of him…

Weight: 532g
Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781835010280