Madeleine detective's book launched

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Goncalo Amaral, former head of the investigation into the four-year-old's disappearance, maintains in the book that she died in her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz last year.

Her parents Kate and Gerry McCann have already consulted lawyers after extracts of the book, The Truth Of The Lie, were printed in the Portuguese paper Correio da Manha on Wednesday.

The McCanns were formally cleared of involvement in Madeleine's disappearance on Monday, when prosecutors lifted their status as "arguidos", or formal suspects.

They say they will continue to believe their daughter is alive until given firm evidence to the contrary, and their lawyers are now scrutinising Mr Amaral's book.

McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "Mr Amaral will face immediate and swift legal action if he in any way implies, either directly or indirectly, that Kate and Gerry were involved in the disappearance or harming of their daughter.

"Beyond that I will not comment. The lawyers will be studying Mr Amaral's book as a matter of some urgency."

In one extract Mr Amaral claimed that British police held back a potentially important lead for six months.

He wrote that a serious allegation was passed on to Leicestershire Police on May 16 2007, less than a fortnight after Madeleine disappeared. But he alleged that the UK force did not communicate the information to their Portuguese counterparts until after he was removed from the case in October.

Leicestershire Police declined to comment on the allegation.