When Catherine Ducane, the daughter of the Governor of Louisiana, disappears, the cops react quickly. But the case gets strange when her bodyguard turns up mutilated and when Catherines kidnapper calls he doesnt want money: he wants time alone with a minor functionary from a Washington-based organised crime task force. Paperback , 528 pages Published March 8th 2006 by Orion (first published January 1st 2005)