THE DEAD GROUND WHEN a baby is kidnapped from a local hospital, Paula Maguire, a forensic psychologist is asked to help in finding her.

It isn’t long before a woman is found brutally murdered and another child goes missing and Paula soon realises the crimes may be connected.

As Paula and the police grope for clues, a pregnant woman disappears and it becomes imperative the person responsible for these crimes is found. But the killer is determined that there should be no evidence and it is up to Paula to discover what lays behind these terrible crimes.

But she has her own decisions to make and as her personal life becomes more complicated, Paula realises that she must take control.

The characters in this exciting book are well drawn and the scenic descriptions give a tension to make it a good crime novel.

It is the second story featuring Paula Maguire. While the crime solving has a suspense that keeps us wanting to read to the end, the author has skilfully intertwined the protagonist’s own dilemmas to leave the reader wanting to discover what will happen to her in the next book.