The Girl They All Forgot

When Darren Lace drowns himself by walking into Morecombe Bay, the new Police and Crime Commissioner Kit Gleadall pushes for an investigation. The Cumbria Constabulary has a small cold case review team headed by DCI Hannah Scarlett, and Gleadall promises her several new team members. Twenty-one years earlier, Ramona Smith left work one night and was not seen again. Darren Lace’s father, Gerry, was the primary suspect in the case. Although he was acquitted, he lost his business, and his family was ruined. He drowned himself, and now his son has done the same. Hannah’s mentor was the lead detective in the case against Gerry Lace, but he’s dead now, killed by a hit-and-run driver. Now it’s up to Hannah and her team to dig into the cold case in a community where everyone has an opinion or knew the missing woman.