Everybody Hurts Sometimes

DCI Ted Darling is missing and in danger. His only hope of getting back home lies with an unlikely source. Probably the last person he'd choose to be reliant on.
In his absence, his Serious Crime team is dealing with a major road incident - an attempted murder, with a vehicle as the chosen weapon. The case involves input from officers from both Drugs and SCIU - the Serious Collision Investigation Unit. A young man's life hangs in the balance, his body shattered, his sporting dreams in tatters. The team members need their boss back, and soon.
It's a harrowing case for everyone, but it hits one particular team member hardest. Hard enough for them to decide to leave not just the Serious Crime team but the Police Service itself.
Everybody Hurts Sometimes continues a storyline which began in the previous book, No Way to Say Goodbye, so is best read after that one.