The Girl Who Vanished

Previously

…He’d spent the better part of the morning with Lily’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Evans. Their grief was a palpable thing, a heavy cloak that hung about them, but beneath the surface of their despair, Harding sensed a disquiet that went beyond the expected panic of a missing child. Mr. Evans, a man who usually exuded an air of quiet authority, was a picture of frayed nerves. He wrung his hands, his voice a low, strained