Your friend's child is missing. A husband, three children and a full-time job, so many plates to keep spinning. No wonder you forgot you were supposed to be looking after your friend's daughter. But no one has seen her since yesterday. And she's not the first to go missing from your small town. So who's hiding something?

What if your best friend's child disappears and it's all your fault? This is what happens to Lisa Kallisto one freezing December in the Lake District. 13-year-old Lucinda has gone missing and, devastated and publicly blamed, Lisa sets out to right the wrong. But as she investigates the disappearance, Lisa learns that the quiet town she lives in isn't what she thought it was, and neither are her friends...