Detective Sergeant Kate Ashley, recently from London, has been stationed in a quaint West Country town. There she becomes involved in a cold case concerning the disappearance of a young child. A baby that disappeared without a trace and within minutes. Soon Kate finds herself embroiled in a web of lies,deceit and corruption that she has to unravel before discovering the truth and the danger that lies behind knowing it. Set against the dramatic back drop of Cornwall, Standing in the Shadows twists and turns around the plot and around the lives of the people involved. This is the first Kate Ashley mystery.