A missing woman.A jilted lover.A baffling murder. Beatrice Pennington lives a seemingly quiet life. Married and middle-aged, she's a part-time librarian and an enthusiastic member of Leek's cycling club.
So when her husband Arthur turns up at the police station, frantically claiming Beatrice is missing, Detective Joanna Piercy can't help but think the woman probably just got bored with her own...