Gone

On ITV this Spring is a six-part psychological crime drama, inspired in part by my first book, To Hunt a Killer.

Gone, starring Eve Myles and David Morrissey, is a cat-and-mouse thriller about what happens when the wife of a domineering headmaster vanishes.

Det Sgt Annie Cassidy, an intelligent but overlooked detective, is appointed his Family Liaison Officer.

Gone is a work of fiction, the concept devised by the award-winning scriptwriter George Kay. But parts of the story are influenced by both the professional career of Det Sgt Julie Mackay and our book - which focuses on how she solved the 30-year-old cold case murder of Melanie Road - which is a true story.

The six-part series, directed by Richard Laxton (Mrs Wilson, Burton and Taylor, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, Joan), is co-produced by New Pictures (an All3Media company) and George Kay’s Observatory Pictures, in association with All3Media International.