Kim Gillespie is still missing a year later and Falk reluctantly looks into the disappearance for his friend, Greg Raco while taking on the duties of godfather.

It's bittersweet to finish the last book in the series, but there are interesting developments in Aaron’s life that makes this a fitting end to the series. (However, I do hope Falk makes an appearance in future books.) Aaron Falk - who met Gemma previously, when she was visiting Melbourne - decides to look into the tragedy, in part because he'd like to have a relationship with Gemma.While visiting a friend to attend a christening, AFP Officer Aaron Falk finds himself caught up in the case of a woman who went missing a year ago during a town festival and in an unsolved murder from years ago.

The novel’s subplot is frankly more compelling than the mystery of the main plot. Falk has a romantic interlude with the festival organizer Gemma Tozer, while simultaneously solving the mystery of her late husband’s death six years prior. This narrative is more compelling than the mystery of Kim’s disappearance since its resolution actually makes sense. The love plot is utterly predictable but altogether sweet, especially the scenes where Falk bonded with Gemma’s son and helped him through his grief. Aaron feels that at least one person in the group must know more than they are saying and he quietly goes about observing and asking questions. At the same time he is developing a relationship with a woman whose husband was killed in a hit and run. Eventually Aaron starts to have ideas about that too. The only disappointment in this outing for Aaron Falk is that Harper is adament it is to be his last. A powerful and affecting novel -- SJ Watson Thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.Lees, Alasdair (14 February 2018). "A deftly assembled and cleverly paced novel". The Independent . Retrieved 31 December 2018.