WHO TOOK MOLLY BAKER?“This fast-paced, tense detective story, deals with unthinkable and emotive crimes in a wholly sensitive manner”. - Author Karen Slade.Eight million children go missing in the world each year. One per cent of them are never found.In 2003, Molly Baker, a one-year-old baby girl, disappeared from the bedroom of her family’s holiday apartment in Portugal.Despite an unprecedented international effort on a scale never before seen in policing history, Molly, nor even a trace of her, was ever found.There remained no suspects, no evidence and no clues to her whereabouts for seventeen years.
It was as though she had vanished into thin air.Then, with one final throw of the dice, Molly’s twin sister Sophie walks into the office of seasoned private investigator Dave Skipper and offers him a job. To take on the most famous missing person case the world has ever known.What he uncovers; takes Skipper and his team on a wild-goose chase across Europe, grasping at ghosts and punching smoke, on the trail of a seemingly invisible, insidious abductor.The Fridge Magnet is an intense and beautifully constructed thriller gritty, emotional, and deeply human.
The way it captures both the heartbreak of loss and the relentless pursuit of truth gives this story a rare depth that lingers long after the final page.
Dave Skipper is exactly the kind of character readers of British detective fiction connect with, flawed, determined, and real.The story resonates with fans of authors like Ian Rankin, Peter May, and Jane Casey readers who love atmospheric, character-driven mysteries with emotional stakes.
