Sarah Pepper's body is missing after her boyfriend killed her in a drunken rage. He can only vaguely recall where he left her, although police soon find the place. But someone else got there first. Sarah's body has been taken. Meanwhile, another force is closing in on a killer whose latest victim was drained completely of blood. The man they arrest confesses to the killings but that doesn't close the case - because Rebecca's body isn't where it should be. Two missing bodies - but are the cases linked? The hunt leads to an underworld where life is only the first thing victims will lose . . .

The dead girl was never identified, and for Martin and the other police officers involved, her murder symbolised everything that was wrong with the city: a haphazard sprawl of indifference. Four months on, Martin is separated from his job, his wife and his friends. But then a simple note forces him to re-enter an investigation he'd rather forget: 'I found her'. The search takes him in a downward spiral of violence and pain, and drags him towards the danger at the heart of the city: the eight brothers rumoured to control everything.

No connection. No clues. No escape... For DI Andrew Hicks, solving a murder is logical: your first suspicions are usually right. So when the brutally beaten body of a young woman is found, his attention focuses closely on the ex-boyfriend. But then more bodies start appearing, all beaten beyond recognition, and there is no connection between any of the victims. Because this is a new type of killer, one who revels in chaos. To survive, Hicks must face not only a serial killer with no discernible motive, but the hidden darkness of his own past.

'Help me' the girl on the phone says. But she is already dead. Dave Lewis is a man with a history. Haunted by his brother's murder when they were children, and scarred by his parents' grief, he's trying to convince himself the past is the past. When Detective Sam Currie failed to prevent his son's death it cost him everything - until a new crime takes hold of him. A killer is stalking the city, abducting girls and sending texts and emails to their families before he kills them. When Dave Lewis appears to connect both investigations, it's an opportunity Currie can't resist...

Dave Lewis is a man with a history. Haunted by his brother's murder when they were children, and scarred by his parents' grief, he's built a bitter life denying everything they ever stood for. He spends his time working as a magician, running a cynical magazine that derides his parents' New Age beliefs, and drowning his sorrows over his lost love, Tori. He's trying to convince himself the past is the past. A promise he made to Tori has got him into trouble before, and Dave's determined to move on and not let that happen again. Detective Sam Currie is a man with a past. His failure to prevent his son's death has ended his marriage and cast a shadow over his life and career. He's directed his hatred towards the one man he sees as responsible, but he has other priorities right now. A killer is stalking the city, abducting girls and sending texts and emails to their families before he kills them. When Dave Lewis appears to connect both investigations, it's an opportunity Currie can't resist. And somewhere in the city, there's a man with no history and no past: a murderer who has been successfully rewriting his memories to fit his own ends.The ghosts of forgotten killings are catching up with him now, but he has a plan. The pieces are already falling into place, and Dave Lewis is one of them. When it looks like Tori has gone missing, Dave is forced to face up to his responsibilities towards the past and to question everything he thinks is true. Because if he can't, the girl he loves might not have any kind of future at all.