Bessie is both excited and apprehensive about her new role in Andrew Cheatham's cold case unit. When the first case involves a missing five-year-old who may well have been murdered by her own father, Bessie has even more second thoughts.


As if Andrew's cold case weren't enough to keep her busy, Sandra, the young woman who works at the shop near Bessie's house, has just been accused of stealing from her employer. Sandra is desperate to clear her name, and adamant that Bessie not involve the police.

Can Bessie work with her friends and the two Scotland Yard detectives on the cold case unit to work out what really happened to little Rachel Adams? Can she help Sandra clear her name and find out who has really been stealing from the shop? Or is she in over her head, working with police detectives who don't seem at all interested in her opinion?