Publisher's Synopsis
A monumental storm uncovers much more than just a decomposing corpse.
Already investigating the death of an unidentified woman found washed up in a flooded dene after the summer storm, DI James Massey and DS Christine Sparks are asked to look into some mysterious goings on at the Lady of the North landform sculpture at Northumberlandia, under the radar, after a video of a mock sacrifice on the sculpture has gone viral.
It's not long before they come across the Gaia Society, a group of social misfits with an allergy to the police, and a plan to bring down a long established child grooming ring before the organisers can retire abroad. But one of the group's members is missing and the rest are beginning to fall apart.
Neither the police team nor the Gaia Society are yet aware of a child, a nameless little girl, held captive her entire life and due to be sold to fund her captors' retirement plans.
But they'll all need to be able to work together to rescue the child before she is sold, and to bring down the abusers.
An intricate, award-winning murder mystery, full of twists and turns.
