‎"‎Bauer‎'‎s great gift is her ability to surprise the reader ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎She makes you think a bit differently about the world‎"‎‎.‎ ‎(‎Daily Telegraph‎)‎‎.‎ On the beaches and cliffs of North Devon‎,‎ young women have become victims in a terrifying game where only one player knows the rules‎.‎ And when those rules change‎,‎ the new game is Murder‎.‎ But a madman on the loose feels very far from the crumbling‎,‎ seaside home of ten‎-year‎-old Ruby Trick‎.‎ Instead she lives in constant fear of school bullies‎,‎ the dark forest‎,‎ and the threat of her parents‎'‎ divorce‎.‎ Helping her father to catch the killer seems like the only way to keep him close‎.‎ As long as the killer doesn‎'‎t catch her first‎.‎