Sinopsis

She abandoned her child.

She ruined your life.

Now, she's back.

When four-year-old Alfie's mother disappears while he takes part in a magician's street act, he's left alone on the busy streets of Bath. With no-one to turn to but the bewildered performer, Austin Jackson, Alfie is desperate and afraid. When Alfie goes missing too, Austin's life is plunged into questioning and doubt, especially when he is arrested as the lead suspect in the boy's disappearance.

A year later, his life in tatters, Austin is shaken again when Alfie's mother returns, demanding his help to find her son and refusing to answer any questions about the day she vanished...

"I read the majority of the book in one sitting, because I couldn't put it down." -K.M. Allan