
To say this crime novel is intricate is an understatement. It is also disconcerting, as the plot is so full of twists and turns, so full of tension, that this reader found it hard to keep up.
It features three small children left at the side of the motorway, their mother having assured them that she would be back shortly. She was not. Ultimately the children are taken into care and safety. But how are they to cope with the strange, inexplicable absence of their mother?