The Death of Innocence

A short story set in 1745 on the streets of Edinburgh. Children are being abducted and there seems to be no clues as to who is responsible. Anger and frustration are reaching boiling point and if the guilty party isn't caught soon there is a real risk that the mob will take the law into their own hands. Robert Young, Captain Travers and Sergeant MacIan now face a race against time to save the latest missing child or it may well be they who feel the wrath of the crowd. length 6000 words.