But this is a place full of secrets, where dangerous truths lie buried. The Missing: Two schoolgirls are abducted in the small, dying Warwickshire town of Polesford, driving a knife into the heart of the community where police officer Helen Weeks grew up and from which she long ago escaped. This book examines the long-forgotten case of Oliver Style and the harrowing aftermath of his actions, and reveals the real lives of the Coventry watchmaking community.ĭI Tom Thorne returns in a chilling mystery that will keep readers guessing until the final page. But scratch beneath the surface and tales of drunkenness, domestic abuse and infidelity are rife. Think of Coventry’s famous watchmaking industry, and the image which comes to mind is of a genial, skilled craftsman, hunched over a workstation, carrying out his work with infinite care to support his loving family. He had walked into the Old Half Moon tavern on Coventry’s Spon End and shot two customers and the landlady without saying a word, then just as suddenly left and made his way to Much Park Street, where he shot his wife, their infant son and his mother in law. But at the time the case was national – and international – news, and barely left the pages of local newspapers for six months. The horrific actions of watchmaker Oliver Style on the evening of Thursday, 27th May 1880 are now long forgotten.
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