The Sketched Man

Laura. Somewhere in her thirties, a once-successful teacher, estranged from her husband, now needs to focus on one day after another, one foot in front of the other. But whilst she is doing exactly that, walking her dog one afternoon, she discovers the body of missing teenager Caroline Thacker, and her day-by-day, step-by-step life is thrown into disarray. Laura soon believes she can solve the case of who killed Caroline, all by herself, and she plunges herself into this task, interviewing people, searching for clues, barely sleeping.

What is it in Laura's past that makes finding a dead body such a useful distraction? Why is it so important for her to solve the mystery of Caroline Thacker's death and, if she does manage to find the killer, what next?

The Sketched Man is a psychological thriller with a deep ache at the heart of it and a whodunnit on the surface.