In Britain, a pedophile's house is burned by an angry mob when a girl disappears, the man having been recently released from jail. But Inspector Wexford is not swayed by the obvious and traces the disappearance to the girl's home and her abusive father.
How it feels
MoodBittersweet
AtmosphereNoir
How it reads
Plot intensityEventful
When and where
ThemesJustice
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