Blood Traces

*Previously published in hardback as The Clearing* From the author of the Sanctus series comes a brilliant new serial killer thriller featuring forensic specialist Dr Laughton Rees and Detective Inspector Tannahill Khan The ending is genuinely one of the most jaw-dropping ones Ive read in a long time. Absolutely superb. M.W. Craven Unnerved me to my core Sam Holland Scared the bloody daylights out of me. The very definition of haunting Helen Fields In the spirit of Patricia Cornwells Kay Scarpetta Everything here suggests that Rees merits a long series run. Publishers Weekly Women are going missing Something deadly lurks in the forest around Cinderfield. Locals put the unusually high number of disappearances down to transients or runaways; some even blame the Cinderman, a figure of local legend rumoured to haunt the woods looking for unsuspecting victims. Vanishing without a trace Forensic specialist Laughton Rees doesnt believe in monsters. Already investigating the areas history of missing women, news of the latest runaway Maddie Friar brings her to Cinderfield to find out the truth. No ones talking But, from the gruff leader of an off-grid commune to the mysterious Earl who presides over the crumbling abbey in the heart of the forest, everyone in Cinderfield has something to hide But what lies in the shadows? As Laughton searches for answers, with the help of DCI Tannahil Khan back in London, someone is watching cataloguing her every move, prepared to do anything to keep their dark secrets from coming to light