A terrifying psychological novel from the author of the successful Rose Trevelyan and DCI Roper series; Hannah's baby son has been stolen. Her husband Laurence left her when she became pregnant. Her best friend Sonia, who had always claimed to find the idea of children repellent, has disappeared and when in desperation Hannah manages to break into Sonia's empty flat, she is stunned to find indentations left by the feet of a cot on the brand-new carpet...Meanwhile, beautiful Marty is renovating the Devon cottage she has inherited - but why - who is she hoping to entice there? And why does Marty refer to the adjoining bam as The Slaughterhouse?