The victim is no older than Bank's own daughter. Just 18, she's found raped and strangled in the dark tangle of cobbled alleyways they call The Maze.

There's no shortage of suspects, and Banks finds himself missing DI Annie Cabbot. Their personal problems aside, he could do with her sharp instincts on this case.

But Annie has troubles of her own. On loan to the Eastern Area, she's been called to investigate the cold-blooded killing of a woman in a wheelchair.

On the face of it, the two deaths have nothing in common. But as Annie digs deeper, she finds something disturbingly familiar in the case. Perhaps she and Banks will find themselves working together again a lot sooner than expected...

On No.2A bus. With time tables booklets.