Lacey Flint is on leave from her job as a Detective Constable on the London police force, attempting to recover from her traumatic ordeal at Oxford College.

Barney, the ten-year-old boy who lives next door to Lacey, has been on a quest to find his mother since she left when Barney was just a toddler.

But everything changes when children about Barney’s age—and all from the same neighborhood where Barney and Lacey live—start disappearing and turning up days later gruesomely murdered. Barney soon realizes the murders have a bizarre personal connection to him, and he can’t trust anyone, even those closest to him. And Lacey, despite her efforts to distance herself from the demons of her past and her coworker DI Joesbury, finds herself inexorably drawn back into the gritty world of London police work. With the clock ticking, the violence escalating, and young lives at stake, will they be able to discover the truth behind the murders before it’s too late?

The third in S.J. Bolton’s Lacey Flint series provides all of the pulse-pounding suspense, beautifully drawn characters, and intricate plotting Bolton’s readers have come to expect—and more.

Please note, this title is published in the UK as Like This, For Ever.