Money, the need of an estranged parent, paedophiles or trafficking, these are the usual motives for kidnappers. If their plans fail, fear and panic may end in murder.
It is June 1995 in Sydney, Australia. Detective Chief Inspector Martin Janson is investigating a heinous crime: a small boy is missing. It appears random, and motiveless. Janson is frustrated, there are no witnesses and few clues.
A troubled Irishman who is said to have a âmysterious giftâ which he uses in the TV show âSpirits and Mind-blowing Magicâ. His manager, a flamboyant, loud showman; a known paedophile, a childrenâs entertainer and a Scotsman, are all suspects.
The Irishman, Kieran Madigan, may be a phony, and his âmysterious giftâ a nonsense, thought up for the TV show. Barchester, his manager, is a liar and a fraud, but does that make him guilty?