Gone Astray
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
When a Lesley Kinnock buys a lottery ticket on a whim, it changes her life more than she could have imagined . . .
Lesley and her husband Mack are the sudden winners of a £15 million EuroMillions jackpot. They move with their 15-year-old daughter Rosie to an exclusive gated estate in Buckinghamshire, leaving behind their ordinary lives - and friends - as they are catapulted into wealth beyond their wildest dreams.
But it soon turns into their darkest nightmare when, one beautiful spring afternoon, Lesley returns to their house to find it empty: their daughter Rosie is gone.
DC Maggie Neville is assigned to be Family Liaison Officer to Lesley and Mack, supporting them while quietly trying to investigate the family. And she has a crisis threatening her own life - a secret from the past that could shatter everything she's worked so hard to build.
As Lesley and Maggie desperately try to find Rosie, their fates hurtle together on a collision course that threatens to end in tragedy . . .
Money can't buy you happiness.
The truth could hurt more than a lie.
One moment really can change your life forever.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In British author Davies's promising debut and series launch, Det. Constable Maggie Neville, a family liaison officer, joins the team hunting for 15-year-old Rosie Kinnock, who disappeared from her family's home in Haxton, an affluent village in Buckinghamshire. Rosie's parents moved to Haxton from a modest town nearby after winning 15 million in the EuroMillions lottery. Det. Chief Insp. Will Umpire, the officer in charge, assigns Maggie and another FLO to work with the bereft parents. Maggie is supposed to leave the investigating to more experienced detectives, but she's not good at boundaries. Preferring to make her own decisions, she inevitably finds herself at odds with Umpire, who once had cause to suspend her. Davies paints a moving portrait of the pressures accompanying a sudden windfall and the pressures each of the Kinnocks face. Readers will look forward to seeing more of Maggie, who proves her mettle as she juggles professional duties and personal responsibilities, such as helping to raise her late brother's son.
