'Two intriguing cases - one twisted plot.' - Alison Bruce 'Stylish, skilful and packed with suspense.' - Sharon Bolton SOMETIMES THE PAST IS BEST LEFT ALONE The quiet Buckinghamshire village of Houghton is reeling. Soon after twelve year old Leanne Richards is killed by a hit and run driver, the two classmates who were with her that night disappear, one by one. Jade and Becky said they couldn't identify the car or the driver. Does someone want to make sure it stays that way? Or are other, darker motives in play? As DI Lizzie Archer and DS Dan Baines search for the truth, buried pasts and secret loves begin to reveal themselves. But is time running out for the girls? Or is it already too late? PRAISE FOR ARCHER AND BAINES: 'You'll enjoy this if you liked Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Gillian Hamer's Gold Detectives series and Val McDermid's Wire in the Blood' - J J Marsh, author of the Beatrice Stubbs novels.