num_pages: 410
description: When a vagrantthe Walking Manfinds a dog wandering alone with the words HELP US written on its collar hes sure its a desperate plea from someone in trouble and calls on Detective Inspector Jack Caffery to investigate. Caffery is reluctant to get involveduntil the Walking Man promises new information regarding the childhood abduction of Cafferys brother in exchange for the detectives help tracking down the dogs owners. Caffery has no idea who or what he is searching for but one thing he is sure of: it's a race against time.Meanwhile the Anchor-Ferrers a wealthy local family are fighting for their lives in their remote home ten miles away. Two men have tricked their way into the house and are holding the family for ransom. Yet as the captors demands become increasingly bizarre and humiliating it becomes clear that this is more than a random crimeits a personal vendetta.
language: English
title: Wolf
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press