The Siren: A DC Gary Goodhew Mystery Set in Cambridge, England

All it took was one small item on the regional news for Kimberly Guyver and Rachel Golinski to know that their old life was catching up with them. They wondered how they'd been naïve enough to think it wouldn't. They hoped they still had a chance to leave it behind – just one more time – but within hours, Rachel's home is burning and Kimberly's young son, Riley, is missing. DC Goodhew begins to sift through their lives, and starts to uncover an unsettling picture of deceit, murder and accelerating danger. Kimberly seems distraught but also defensive and uncooperative. Is it fear and mistrust of the police which are putting her son at risk, or darker motivations? With Riley's life in peril, Goodhew needs Kimberly to make choices, but she has to understand, the one thing she cannot afford is another mistake.

Praise for the DC Gary Goodhew series:

[An] assured debut. . . . By the end, readers will be flipping back to the beginning to suss out those clues that they may have missed.-Publishers Weekly

A sterling first effort that whets the reader's appetite for more of her work.-Sacramento News & Review

[Bruce] develops complex characters and shows an admirable command of language.-Gumshoe Review

All it takes is one small item on the regional news for Kimberly Guyver and Rachel Golinski to know that their checkered past is catching up with them. Within hours, Rachel's home is burning and Kimberly's young son Riley is missing.

When DC Gary Goodhew begins to sift through their lives, he uncovers an unsettling picture of deceit, murder and accelerating danger. Kimberly seems distraught but also defensive and uncooperative. Is it mistrust of the police, who may be putting her son at risk, or does she have darker motivations?

Alison Bruce was born in Surrey and moved to Cambridge in 1998. She is married with two small children and enjoys horse riding, dancing, and crime fiction.

All it took was one small item on the regional news for Kimberly Guyver and Rachel Golinski to know that their old life was catching up with them. They wondered how they'd been naive enough to htink it wouldn't. They hoped they still had a chance to leave it behindjust one more timebut within hours, Rachel's home is burning and Kimberly's young son, Riley, is missing. DC Gary Goodhew begins to sift through their lives, and starts to uncover an unsettling picture of deceit, murder and accelerating danger. Kimberly seems distraught but also defensive and uncooperative. Is it fear and mistrust of the police that are putting her son at risk, or darker motivations? With Riley's life in peril, Goodhew needs Kimberly to make choices, but she has to understand that the one thing she cannot afford is another mistake. When Kimberly Guyver's young son goes missing, DC Gary Goodhew examines her past and that of her friend, Rachel Golinski, and uncovers a pattern of deceit and murder.