Three severed hands No clues A race against timeThree embalmed hands are discovered in a disused Victorian house Is it a gangland ritual The work of a cult Or just a prank played by Medical Students And what happened to the bodies Meanwhile the Coroner needs to issue a Presumption of Death certificate on a teenage girl who vanished eleven years ago in mysterious circumstances As hints emerge the two cases are connected DI Ridpath pushes himself to the limit to find out what really happened It soon emerges the house is a former childrens home When another woman a local social worker disappears he is under immense pressure to find answers What really happened at Daisy House Childrens Home all those years ago He has just one week to discover the truth The latest in the 1 bestselling DI Ridpath crime thriller series perfect for fans of Mark Billingham and Peter James