It began with the savage murder of a young man in the Surrey town of Woking. Months later, private investigator Frank Crane is sent to the town on a missing persons case, hired by a woman called Jane Kenndy. But why is his car being followed? Crane realizes that Jane is at risk, but who is out to get her? Why are the police involved and two DCs brutally beaten? Crane uncovers the appalling truth, and soon he and Jane are on the run from a depraved killer...