Do you love gripping crime fiction Then discover this criticallyacclaimed series today There are three heartpounding mysteries in this boxset 1 The Girl on the Bus A retired detective and a young woman are about to face their worst fears Vicki Reiner is emotionally isolated and craves the fleeting happiness she experienced in the years prior to her college graduation In an attempt to recapture this she invites her old friend Laurie for a break at her deserted beachside home However despite booking an online bus ticket her friend never shows up Unable to accept the bizarre circumstances of the disappearance Vicki approaches the police who dismiss her concerns before enlisting the reluctant help of Leighton Jones a newly retired detective who is haunted by the death of his teenage daughter Despite trying to remain detached from the case Leighton is drawn to Vicki and her search for justice The unlikely pair face numerous obstacles but using a combination of methods they track down the answers across the dusty freeways of North America Soon Vicki and Leighton will find themselves in grave danger Will they ever discover what happened to Laurie And can they both escape with their lives 2 Carpenter Road When a young woman swaps coats with a prostitute then vanishes it marks the start of a mystifying case for Leighton Jones After traffic officer Leighton is called to an altercation in a used car lot he is confronted by a prostitute rambling on about a girl who stole her coat He thinks nothing off it That is until the body of a Jane Doe shows up matching the prostitutes description What is the link between the fight in the car lot and the dead woman Leighton proceeds to gather evidence which he attempts to pass onto the lead Homicide detective Slater However Slater tells Leighton to back off and that a suspect has been arrested Fearing there is more to the case than he first thought Leighton is driven to keep digging and soon ends up on the trail of a serial killer But Leighton might be out of his depth this time 3 Toys in the Dust She has escaped a killer but for how long Two sevenyearold girls Tina and Suzy are playing in a dusty creek when a stranger appears and strikes up a conversation He is sad that he doesnt have a doll to play with like the girls do so Suzy hurries home to fetch one When she returns Suzy discovers both Tina and the stranger have vanished A short while later traffic officer Leighton Jones who is fighting his own demons is driving home from the scene of a nearfatal accident When Leighton sees a young girl race out in front of his car and vanish into the countryside he reports the sighting Unfortunately his superiors who are increasingly concerned about Leightons mental health doubt the child exists But after Tinas mother confirms her daughters disappearance Leighton risks his job by pursuing his own investigation of the case Meanwhile in the Californian countryside a child killer is relentlessly searching for the one who got away Leighton has his work cut out But can he prove his sanity and find Tina before the stranger does