What Happened in London

<p><em>Baton. Light. Chocolate. Duck.</em><br></p><p><br></p><p>This is not DS Adams' usual kit. This is not DS Adams' usual case. She doesn't think it's <em>anyone's</em> usual case, not with the vanishing children and the looming bridge and the hungry river. Not with the <em>snap-snap-snap</em>.&nbsp;<br></p><p><br></p><p>But six kids are missing, and she's not going to let there be a seventh. Not on her watch. And she knows how to handle human monsters, after all. How different can this really be?<br></p><p><br></p><p>So: Baton. Light. Chocolate. And the bloody duck.<em></em><br></p><p><em></em><br></p><p><em>Let's be having you, then.</em><br><br></p><p><i></i><br></p><p><i></i><br></p><p><i>What Happened in London</i> is the story of how not-yet-DI Adams came to Toot Hansell, the village at the centre of the Beaufort Scales cozy mysteries. It is not, however, a cozy mystery. Urban fantasy with a good dose of&nbsp;humour, snark, and ducks, this is the story of one detective who's determined to follow the evidence wherever it takes her, even when it contradicts everything she knows to be real.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>For Beaufort readers, this is a much darker story. There is some violence, but none of it graphic, and there is no strong language, although there is some blasphemy.</p><p><br></p><p>And the&nbsp;<em>snap-snap-snap ...</em></p>