The disappeared - Roger Scruton

The Disappeared
is a story of our times, of kidnap and rescue, of abuse and healing. It
is the story of Stephen, a teacher whose love for the pupil who shares
his dreams brings him face to face with ruin; of Sharon, the child of a
feckless stepmother, and her criminal abusers; of Laura, the
investigative high-flyer, now faced with rape and sexual slavery; of
Justin, environmentalist and Heavy Metal fan, whose obsession with
Muhibbah, rescued from forced marriage, spells disaster for them both.
It is the story of a police force fearful of charges of racism, and a
social worker, Iona, expected to make a viable community from fragments
that will not join.

With dizzying speed The Disappeared
uncovers the chaotic underworld of a Yorkshire city, its characters
eventually stumbling across one another in a single catastrophe. A
victim may bring redemption: but who will it be?