'Superb, gritty and realistic' MEL SHERRATT, million-copy bestseller The hunt is on. And this time, it's personal... When DS Josie Masters is called out to a house in North Oxford to investigate a serious incident, things take a personal turn. The body is Harry's – her friend and former colleague. Josie thought Harry lived alone, but evidence suggests he'd had a lodger – a young woman who has fled the scene. And as more killings stun Oxford, the police discover the picture is more complicated than it appeared. The young woman is on the run, and someone is following her – leaving a stack of bodies in their wake...

How long do you hunt for the missing? A horrible vanishing act... When a young Josie Masters sees a boy wearing a red football shirt, Dylan Jones, being taken by a clown at a carnival, she tries to alert the crowds. But it's too late. Dylan has disappeared... Thirty years later, Josie is working as a police officer in Bath. The remains of the body of a child have been found – complete with tatters of a torn red football shirt. Is it the boy she saw vanish in the clutches of the clown? Or is it someone else altogether? And then another child disappears...

The second edge-of-your-seat thriller from M.J. Ford When a young woman goes missing from Jesus College Oxford, DS Josie Masters is plunged into a world of panic as fear grips the city. Along with Thames Valley Police's newest recruit, the handsome DS Pryce, Josie must act fast – and when two more students disappear from Oriel and Somerville colleges, she realises the killer is sending her a deadly message in a cruel game of cat and mouse. This time, the case is personal – but who is the perpetrator? In a desperate race against the clock, Josie hunts for the kidnapper, and soon discovers he could be a lot closer to home than she'd ever thought... M.J. Ford is back with a gripping new thriller, perfect for fans of Cara Hunter and T.M. Logan.