The police receive a call.‘Please help. He’s coming.’The small voice is barely a whisper.‘Who’s coming? Are you in danger?’‘He has a knife. He killed her.’The line goes dead.Nine-year-old Anya crawls into a cupboard in her bedroom and calls the police again. The line connects as the bedroom door creaks open.‘They’re here . . .’A blood-curdling scream barrels down the phone, filling the earpiece of the operator.For the second time, the lines goes dead.Detectives Tanzy and Byrd are called to Anya’s home, a small, semi-detached property.They’re hit by the familiar smell of death.Something terrible happened here — and it’s up to Tanzy and Byrd to pull together the pieces of this terrifying puzzle.
The police receive a call.‘Please help. He’s coming.’The small voice is barely a whisper.‘Who’s coming? Are you in danger?’‘He has a knife. He killed her.’The line goes dead.Nine-year-old Anya crawls into a cupboard in her bedroom and calls the police again. The line connects as the bedroom door creaks open.‘They’re here . . .’A blood-curdling scream barrels down the phone, filling the earpiece of the operator.For the second time, the lines goes dead.Detectives Tanzy and Byrd are called to Anya’s home, a small, semi-detached property.They’re hit by the familiar smell of death.Something terrible happened here — and it’s up to Tanzy and Byrd to pull together the pieces of this terrifying puzzle.