Melissa Mahon was just 14 years old and in the care of the Health Service Executive when she was killed by Ronnie Dunbar, a 44-year-old man, with whom, his daughters alleged, she had been having a sexual relationship.
Melissa, the youngest of ten children, went missing in Sligo in September 2006. Her remains were found 17 months later on the shore of Lough Gill after one of Dunbar's daughters came forward with information.

Her tragic story, from her disappearance to the finding of her remains to the trial are all told in this fascinating book.
Bronagh Murphy explores the personality of Ronnie Dunbar, a fitness fanatic who believed "the new world was coming", and the trial in which he was convicted of manslaughter.

This chilling story has all the elements of a courtroom drama, a psyhcological thriller and a murder mystery. It will appeal to anyone fascinated by true crime and by the depths of human depravity