The Only Game

By: Reginald Hill

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Synopsis: &“A gripping thriller with a cunning plot twist&” by the award-winning author of the Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries (Mystery Scene Magazine). Best known for his Dalziel and Pascoe novels, which were adapted into a hit BBC series, Reginald Hill proves himself to be a &“master of . . . cerebral puzzle mysteries&” in his stand-alone thrillers as well—now available as ebooks (The New York Times). When four-year-old Noll is abducted from an Essex kindergarten, his grieving mother, Jane Maguire, sets off alarms for Det. Inspector Dog Cicero. She&’s a liar, has a quick-temper, and a dodgy reputation for taking out her frustrations on her little angel. Then Jane makes a startling confession: She murdered Noll and threw his body in the Thames. For the first time since Dog met her, he&’s sure of one thing: Whatever Jane was guilty of, she hadn&’t killed her son. The question now is, who is she protecting with this grim deception? And if Noll isn&’t dead, where is he? Even Dog isn&’t prepared for the answers as it leads down a serpentine trail for the truth—and into the heart of a desperate mother with more to lose than she can imagine.