He's Gone

How do you find a missing child when his mother doesn’t believe you have the right to even exist? When Detective Inspector Roger Bailley returns to work as Robyn, all she wants is to get on with the job she loves while finally being herself. When three-year-old Ben Chivers is snatched from a shopping centre on her first day back at work, Robyn has to find Ben – and herself – as she deals with the reactions of her police colleagues, the media and her own daughter.

'Pacy, assured writing with three dimensional characters - DI Robyn Bailley is a breath of fresh air!' LV Hay, author of THE OTHER TWIN

‘An ambitious and gripping novel. Lifting the police procedural into new realms… a taut and engrossing mystery.  (Alice Clark-Platts, author of Bitter Fruits)

‘A very accomplished debut. Alex Clare has tackled a powerful subject and has managed to skilfully weave it into a gripping mystery that kept me turning the pages well into the night.’  (Heidi Perks, author of Beneath the Surface)

‘Examines the challenges of gender dysphoria in an enlightened way, showing the difficulties for the transgender community through a protagonist under scrutiny and coming to terms with her new identity. This is a cracking good read set in a contemporary fictional town in Kent.’  (David Caddy, Tears in the Fence)

‘Classic crime fiction with a compelling, complex and brilliantly conceived central character.’ (Sheila Bugler, author of the Ellen Kelly crime series)

‘Huge potential as a choice for reading groups, particularly as there is so much contemporary interest, and controversy, about the subject of gender dysphoria.’ (Nudge Books)