SIGHT UNSEEN by Robert Goddard

July 1981. The peace of a summer's day at the ancient stone circle of Avebury is shattered by the abduction of two-year-old Tamsin Hall and the violent death of her sister Miranda. The future lives of all who witness the event are altered in those few, fateful moments.

One of the witnesses, Ph.D student David Umber, was waiting at the nearby pub to meet a man called Griffin who claimed he could help him with his researches into the identity of Junius, pen-name of the famous and mysterious 18th-century letter-writer and political polemicist. But Griffin never showed up. And Umber never heard from him again. He lost interest in Junius and never completed his Ph.D.

Nine years after the event, notorious paedophile Brian Radd confessed, during his trial for other offences, to Tamsin's abduction and subsequent murder. The case was closed at last. 

Not for everyone, however. In the early spring of 2004, retired Chief Inspector George Sharp seeks out Umber and demands his help in reopening his long-abandoned inquiry into the Avebury case. He has never believed Radd to be guilty. And he has recently received a letter reproaching him for botching the original investigation - a letter signed Junius.

A search for the truth - the whole truth - about what happened 23 years previously is about to begin.

Soft cover, good condition. The cover shows minor signs of wear, rubber stamp on the first page.