Award-winning author Val McDermid has forged an international following, earning her a reputation as one of today's finest crime writers. In The Vanishing Point, ghost writer Stephanie Harker is entrusted with the custody of Jimmy Higgins, the young son of a reality-TV star who died from cancer. But when Jimmy is abducted, Stephanie must help the FBI figure out whether Jimmy's relatives, reality-show stalkers, or her own obsessed ex-lover is responsible.