nWinner, AudioFile Earphones Award for audio narration. Top 100 in Amazon eBooks, US, UK, Canada & Australia, 2021 nFive long-missing children are about to be RETURNED. n nIt was summer in the mountains when five small children vanished from their nursery school picnic. The heat was stifling that day, the tinkle of an ice-cream van in the air.... n nThree-and-a-half years later, in the dead of winter, the children are returned to their families... one by one. n nAll except for Ivy - the granddaughter of homicide detective Kate Wakeland. The other four children say Ivy is dead. n nSpeculation grows that the mysterious abductor is enacting a cruel revenge plot due to a murderer that Kate put in jail years before. n nKate isnt sure what to believe. But one thing is certain - shes about to begin the battle of her life. When the children were first stolen, she was prevented from investigating the case. n nBut now, Kate will be relentless in uncovering the identity of the abductor and discovering what happened to Ivy. n nBook 1: ONE LAST CHILD nBook 2: THE LULLABY MAN nBook 3: THE SILENT TOWN n nQuestions and answers on the TALLMANS VALLEY DETECTIVES series: n nIs each book a standalone?: Each book has a complete ending and can be read as a standalone. But if you intend reading the series, its best to read them in sequence. There will be spoilers if the books are read out of order. Each book has a small cliffhanger at the end that is not a part of the main story. There is an overarching background storyline running through all the books. n nWill the detective be the same each time?: The current series will all feature Senior Detective Kate Wakeland as the main character, right to the end of Books 1, 2 & 3.n