''A vivid blend of police procedural and psychological suspense, this twisty thriller is sure to win lots of new fans'' T.M. Logan.

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A stolen child. A missing woman. You can only save one.

Meanwhile, a local boy is snatched from his school playground.

But the answer to one lies with the other, and soon DS Ronnie Delmar is submerged deep in a world she could never have imagined.

Because to those who have created their own moral code, the truth is worth killing for...

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PRAISE FOR THE CHOICE:

''Dark, tense and absorbing'' - Simon McCleave, author of The Snowdonia Killings

''Gripping, twisty and insightfully observed'' - Philippa East, author of Little White Lies

''Compelling and chilling'' - Caron McKinlay, author of The Storytellers

''Totally absorbing'' - Marion Todd, author of the Detective Clare Mackay series

''A gripping tale'' - Louise Mumford, author of The Safe House

''A rollercoaster of a ride, I devoured every page'' - Claire Dyer, author of The Significant Others of Odie May