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Accused of killing their daughter, the Barbers have been on the run from public opinion for two years. But the Barbers are fighting back. And if their high profile campaign to clear their name and get their baby back has made them rich that was never their intention. Meanwhile a failed prosecution hasn't dampened the media's hunger for revelations. Their investigators are on the job, moving towards an exposure that will spotlight the Barbers as the killers they are.

Family feuds, booze, and bad company. Teenager Rebecca Slater's walk on the wild side has taken a downward spiral. And now she's disappeared. But her family don't seem to have noticed. Wealthy, private, dysfunctional, the Slaters deny that their daughter is missing - even as they block all attempts by Rebecca's friends to contact her. So, the friends contact a private investigator. Eddie Flynn is good at finding people. And he's good at spotting lies.

PI Eddie Flynn's seven-year respite is coming to an end. A killer he never expected to meet again is back. Flynn has not been near a murder scene since he was pushed out of the Metropolitan Police following a failed investigation that let a serial killer known as the Diceman go free. That was seven years ago. But now, without warning, a bizarre phone call from a new victim of the Diceman drags him right back into the cesspit where the killer - or his copycat - is waiting with a score to settle.

Mia Langdon, tomb raider and adventure-seeker, has everything she wants. Freedom. Independence. No chains (a.k.a. a man). Her troubles begin when she's attacked on a dig in Peru. Soon, she's forced to use her tomb-raiding talents to find the flaming arrows of an Egyptian goddess. In the wrong hands, this weapon could destroy the human race, and nearly had.

When Cruft's Best of Breeds Champion mysteriously disappears from his enclosure, the finger of suspicion points at the owner of a rival kennel. Although Somerset police find the missing Scottish terrier's dermal tracker, they cannot find further evidence of a crime. Having no proof, they are unable to do anything and drop any investigations. The other dogs call in Ratchet and Stench, and even though they uncover clues that suggest a brutal murder, the animal sleuths aren't convinced.

Join Professor Daniyaal Ashraf, a prominent surgeon, as he teams up with the General Medical Council, Scotland Yard and GCHQ to stop the culprit, before more innocent lives come to harm. His fast-paced journey will take you through a maze of medical fiction ground in scientific reality, leading to the inevitable debate about the future of medicine and the National Health Service.