Easy Prey

When Teresa Stillman, the daughter of an elderly barrister, suddenly disappears her distraught father asks Hawk to search for her. Hawk's experience tells him that Teresa is dead, so he gently declines the task - and then his own wayward daughter goes missing for 24 hours and he realises the importance of keeping hope alive.He sets off to find Teresa, a journey which takes him through Britain to the Outer Hebrides. Gradually he begins to unearth a dangerous world of lies and violent revenge but even he, an ex police officer who has solved 35 murders - isn't prepared for the final outcome.In his spare time - which mercifully he doesn't have a great deal of - he still worries about his four grown up children. They are scattered all over the world but he's desperate to keep them together as a family, even at such long distances. He fears it's a battle he will lose, but his new ladyfriend, Dr Laura Peterson, believes otherwise. She's the voice of reason in Hawk's life but she's discovering that Hawk relies as much on instinct as reason.And overhanging it all is Hawk's sharp wit and uneven temper which is likely to explode at any moment. Usually it's justified - sometimes it isn't.