Then She Was Gone

**'A page-turner' - *Sunday Times Crime Club*** **Tim Johnson** took his baby daughter out for a walk and she never made it home. Johnson claims he was assaulted and the girl was snatched. The police see a different crime, with Johnson their only suspect. A year later, **Sam Bryne** is on course to be elected as one of the youngest MPs in Westminster. He's tipped for the very top ... until he vanishes. **Detectives Murphy and Rossi** are tasked with discovering what has happened to the popular politician - and in doing so, they unearth a trail that stretches into the past, and crimes that someone is hell-bent on avenging. **'Re-energises the shopworn police procedural format' *Financial Times*** Further praise for Luca Veste: 'This is a twisty, psychological crime debut in a gritty setting: a new favourite for police procedural lovers' **Clare Mackintosh**, author of *I Let You Go* 'A darkly impressive first novel, disturbing and intelligent' **Marcel Berlins,*****Times*** 'Murphy and Rossi are a fresh and intriguing detective partnership' **Chris Ewan**, author of *Safe House* 'Gripping and well-paced, this is a superior piece of crime fiction' **Emlyn Rees** 'A major new talent on the crime scene' **Eva Dolan** 'Gripping, unpredictable, genuinely shocking and impossible to put down' **Steve Mosby** 'A fresh, innovative and powerful new voice in crime fiction' **Howard Linskey** 'A gripping descent into the darkest corners of the human mind' **Neil White**