A child in danger, an isolated house in the depths of winter - and a killer on the loose...''Don''t miss ... guaranteed unputdownable'' ObserverSnow-covered fields and moors stretch away on all sides of Herondale House. Despite rumours of an escaped killer on the run, Deborah Lindsay knows that she must control her fear - she has a young charge, 13-year-old prodigy Carreen, to care for. But the isolated Yorkshire farmhouse already holds the terrible secret of one death - and after an increasing number of sinister ''accidents'', Deborah begins to wonder how long it will be before evil strikes again...''A splendidly romantic first thriller'' Times Literary Supplement