London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's seventh novel featuring Detective Chief Inspector Ian Roper. set in a small town in Cornwall. Even though an arrest has been made for the murder of a woman in her kitchen, and the case is officially closed, it continues to bother Roper and he is given the go-ahead to search for her missing daughter. 170 pp. Dust jacket art by Terry Pastor. ISBN: 0-094773505.