Our hero-the reader's best hope for a satisfying resolution to the case-is Manon, a smart, lonely, bitingly funny detective with Scotland Yard.
All of them have secrets and most are characters prone to telling half-truths. The author embeds clues in intricate psychological portraits of each of her characters.
One tantalizing thing about Missing, Presumed is that the mystery feels as though it should be easy to solve.
Surely the culprit must be her handsome boyfriend? Or, her needy best friend? Or, the affable cold-blooded killer just out of prison? Or? A beautiful young Cambridge grad named Edith Hind, vanishes from her house on a snowy winter night, leaving behind her cell phone, her keys, her coat, a broken wine glass, and some drops of blood.
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