About the book: 2010 / A monstrous crime has been committed in quiet, peaceful Bamford - a fourteen-year-old schoolgirl has been brutally murdered. Chief Inspector Alan Markby is shocked: has his hometown really changed so much that its streets have become dangerous for children? He does not suspect that this is only the beginning of a series of completely inexplicable tragic events. Meredith Mitchell, a close friend of the inspector, is, as always, energetic and not inclined to become discouraged. Largely thanks to her intuition and courage, the difficult criminal problem eventually finds its solution.