Former Army Ranger Van Shaw is recently single, out of money, & struggling to keep on the straight & narrow.
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He watches them from afar. He knows who they are & where they are. He is waiting in the dark A stranger stalks the streets of Houghton-le-Spring & for Detective Inspector Lorraine Hunt he is getting too close for comfort. Selina, the daughter of Lorraine's partner, DS Luke Daniels, is a beautiful & willful sixteen-year-old with a dark past. Just as it seems she's finally getting back on her feet, she is attacked. Is Selina's past catching up with her? Or is there an even more sinister motive for the assault? Before long, Lorraine. Luke's worst fears are realised, &. A body is found. A young woman, brutally murdered, her heart cut out, & in its place