Having really enjoyed an earlier book by this author, I'd been looking at this one on the review stack for a while now. (And I have read it now, I'm doing a spot of catching up around here).
From the Blurb:
DCI Andrew Fenwick is on a tough case. The Choir Boy investigation, a project outside ordinary police jurisdiction, aims to expose an infamous and increasingly powerful paedophile ring. Moreover, with eleven-year-old schoolboy Sam Bowyers missing every second counts.
Opening Lines:
He edged back into a dusty seat on the last train from London to Harlden and let go a sigh that he seemed to have been controlling for the whole of his life.
DCI Andrew Fenwick is on a tough case. The Choir Boy investigation, a project outside ordinary police jurisdiction, aims to expose an infamous and increasingly powerful paedophile ring. Moreover, with eleven-year-old schoolboy Sam Bowyers missing, every second counts. But is the investigation more complex than it initially seems? And could something buried alongside a child's corpse, twenty-five years ago, be a vital clue?