DARKNESS FALLS

Clara Pascal had it all. Now she faces her worst nightmare.

She's a successful lawyer, beautiful and a devoted mother. People want to be her.
Then Clara's abducted in broad daylight as she takes her daughter Pippa to school. The only witness is her daughter and all she can describe is a man bundling her mummy into a white van. Now, robbed of everything that gives her life meaning, she lies chained to the stone wall of a dark cellar - without food, warmth, or sleep, without even the most basic communication.
Why has he taken her?
As the police team frantically investigates, knocking on doors, following up wisps of leads, bullying, cajoling, begging witnesses for help, it seems that Clara Pascal has disappeared without trace.
Meanwhile, in her dark prison, Clara begins to suspect why her kidnapper has kept her alive. And the reason is terrifying.

Margaret Murphy is a past Chair of the Crime Writers Association (CWA), founder of Murder Squad, and a former RLF Writing Fellow and Reading Round Lector. She's been a country park ranger, biology teacher, dyslexia specialist and Visiting Professor in creative writing. A Short Story Dagger and CWA Red Herring award winner, she has also been shortlisted for the 'First Blood' critics award and CWA Dagger in the Library.