The Missing Marriage. by Sarah May

Alovestorywithmissingpersons.Love,money,marriageandpseudocideonthenorth-eastcoastofEngland.Childhoodsweethearts,BryanandLauraDeanehavebeenseeminglyhappilymarriedforjustoverfifteenyears.TheirfriendsandfamilybelievethatiftheDeanesarehappy,thereissuchathingastruelove.OnlytheDeanesaren'thappy.Thetidesofdebtarerising,andtheonlyremainingroadtosalvationisalifeinsurancepayoff.Butneitherofthemhaveanyplansofmakingtheultimatesacrificetogettheirhandsonit.SowhenBryanDeanegoesmissingatsea–presumeddead–itlooksasthoughtheDeanesmightjustpulloffthescam.ButtherearetwofactorsthatLauradoesnotcounton;Martha,theirfourteenyearolddaughterwhorefusestobelieveshewillneverseeherfatheragain,andAnnaFaust,childhoodfriendandnowaDetectiveSergeant–yetanotherwomanwhoisunabletoaccepttheideaofspendingtherestofherlifewithoutBryan.