

Who would have torched a seemingly happy family’s home on Christmas? As DI Fawley and his team of detectives sift through the evidence, old tensions and new problems in the family are slowly revealed. Then new evidence comes to light and confirms the team’s worst suspicions.

Why were the children left in the house alone? Why is neither parent answering their phone? Were they kidnapped? Murdered? From the start, DI Fawley-still reeling from his own personal tragedy-knows that this house fire is the scene of a crime, not an accident. The mystery deepens when it becomes clear that the parents are nowhere to be found. It's Christmas in Oxford, and firefighters have pulled two children from the smoking ruin of their home.

It's one of the most disturbing cases DI Adam Fawley has ever worked. DI Adam Fawley returns in the continuation of one of Britain’s most enduringly popular and mega-selling crime series as a ghastly house fire on Christmas Day launches an investigation that shocks a community.
