'DCI Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine' Elly Griffiths'Matilda Darke is an excellent character' BA ParisA MISSING TEENAGERWhen Sharon Mackintosh allows her teenage daughter to pick up a friend late one evening, she doesn't expect to find the police on her doorstep the next morning. The body of a young woman has been found in the boot of a car and the police think it's her daughter.AN ABANDONED CARDCI Matilda Darke and her team are called in to investigate the murder. The body has been left in such a peaceful way, she could almost be sleeping, except for the trauma to the back of her head.A CRIME OF PASSIONWith the body of one teenager in the morgue and a second missing, Matilda's on borrowed time. But when new information comes to light about the identity of the missing teenager, her investigation takes a dark turn back to the past...Praise for Michael Wood:'Dark and twisted'This book had me gripped and reading through the night' This is one of the darkest books I've read for a very long time, but Michael in his usual way handles it brilliantly' My new favourite author' Utterly fantastic' Fast-paced'Bleak and chilling... highly recommended'