Snaith is forced to dance to the tune of his media sidekick, fruitlessly searching London's battered hinterland while international concern spreads as far as the Vatican itself.
A paradigm shift in Snaith's thinking blows the case apart, simultaneously exposing cynical conspiracies, religious opportunism, and one of the many flaws at the heart of human nature.
Case Five. A child has been snatched but Snaith knows he can catch the kiddynapper, despite a sponsorship deal that obliges him to pair up with a member of the Press.