Twisted - Lynda la Plante

'Please don't let anything bad have happened to her, please don't let anything have happened to my baby...'

Wealthy, attractive and successful, the Fulfords, with their strikingly beautiful teenage daughter Amy, seem settled and content. But appearances mask a strained relationship almost at breaking point. Marcus's latest business venture has failed, draining Lena, the major breadwinner, dry. Putting Amy into weekly boarding school and striving to get her own career back on its feet, Lena remains alone in the luxurious family house as her marriage heads towards divorce and joint custody of their only child.

When Amy arranges a sleepover with a school friend one weekend, neither parent is in contact with her. Saturday, Sunday, Monday morning pass before Lena - seething from her first, unexpectedly confrontational meeting with Marcus's divorce lawyer - phones Amy... Voicemail - she must be in lessons. Lena sends a text. She waits. No reply, no contact whatsoever. It is only when Amy is reported missing from school that Lena contacts the police. Her daughter has not been seen since Saturday afternoon.

As the police intensify their enquiries, their reassurances that Amy will be found safe become increasingly hollow. DI Reid, in charge of the case, fears the worst...

A family under constant police and press scrutiny, a father who has seemingly lied about his alibi for the weekend, a mother whose perfect world is crumbling beneath her feet, a detective under pressure from his impatient superiors to deliver a result. Where is Amy? Is she alive or dead? Lies and betrayal mount as the hunt for a missing girl becomes a search for a body...

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