I was at a writing course recently which mentioned Paul Cleave's book, The Cleaner, and while I was sure at the time I had read it, it actually turned out that I hadn't!

Well I've amended that, it's now right up there with my favourite Paul Cleave books.

Joe is our cleaner. He's working at the police station, with everyone falling for the pretence that he has created that he has an intellectual disability. This is course isn't the case. The police say the Christchurch Carver has murdered seven women. But Joe knows he's only killed six.

Detective Noah Harper is on the case of a missing girl with his partner Drew. He’s handling it the old fashioned way, and while the information he receives results in her being found, his methods are not appreciated by his lawyer wife or the current Sheriff, whose son he has beaten to get the information. He is run out of town and is happily working in a bar which he owns with a business partner.

Twelve years on and the same girl has again gone missing.

Detectives Logan and Kirk are investigating a murder which takes them to a building office. In the space of a few pages, the suspect kills Detective Logan and the suspect dies as well.

Detective Logan's son Joshua believes he is cursed. He has lost both biological parents, his sight and now his father. But there is news for Joshua. Thanks to ground breaking surgery, Joshua is to receive his father's eyes.

Paul Cleave is one of NZ's top thriller writers - he has won the Ngaio Marsh award three times. His is his latest and he doesn't disappoint.

The son of a husband and wife crime-writing duo goes missing. Has he run away or has he been kidnapped? And if so, who is responsible?