<DIV><p>Anne Carson: fifteen, beautiful, wayward. Abducted.</p><p>The rich Carsons have closed ranks and summoned Frank Calder, subject to strict instructions. This is not the first kidnapping in the Carson family and hard lessons have been learned.</p><p>But are the two events connected? And is greed the motivation? Revenge? Or could it be something else? To find out, Frank Calder must go beyond his brief.</p><p>And his every step into the darkness may end a girl's life.</p><p><B>Peter Temple</B> is Australia's most awarded crime writer. Text Publishing will release his full backlist?from the Jack Irish Thrillers to <I>An Iron Rose</I> and <I>Shooting Star</I>?in North America by early 2014.</p><BR></DIV>