Emmy and her little sister Dani are sleeping upstairs. Their parents are downstairs in the kitchen. Their father has a stack of kitchen plates balanced on his back. The intruder rasps, 'Don't be breathing too hard now. I reckon smashing plates is the sort of noise that'll wake a child. Have them coming down to see what's going on. . . .' What Detective Maddie Ives will find in that nice family kitchen will horrify even this most hardened cop. Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott, Patricia Gibney or Mark Billingham.