The Stones, a gripping modern crime novel, follows the story of a broken family and their involvement in a complex missing persons case. Teresa is trying to move on from her troubled marriage and embrace life as a single mother, but cannot let go of concerns about her brother's strange behaviour. She fears that Mark's mental health is declining once again, and begs him to talk to her, but he remains distant and evasive. Concerned that he might be hiding something, she confides in her boyfriend Dan, a local police officer. But as the missing persons case Dan is involved with develops, he must decide where his loyalties lie: with the law or with Teresa and her family?