β Scribed by Clare Chase
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
They were deep in the fens. The peat soil all around was black, criss-crossed with channels of deep, dark water. It was known to send people mad, this creeping feeling of endless space and loneliness. Tara shivered. This would be the ideal place for someone to kill you and make it look like an accidentβ¦
As the sun rises, a young woman β Samantha Seabrook β is found drowned in the ornamental fountain of a deserted Cambridge courtyard, the only clue β an antique silver chain wound tightly around her throat.
Itβs Tara Thorpe βs job to discover what happened to Miss Seabrook β but the case becomes personal when she learns that Samantha had been receiving death threatsβ¦ rather like the one that landed on Taraβs doorstep the night the woman died.
Together with DI Garstin Blake , Tara tracks the killer to the dank and dangerous fens on the outskirts of the city. But thereβs something Tara isnβt telling Blake about her past β and it could make all the difference to whether they live... or die.
A gripping and atmospheric mystery that will keep you reading long into the night. Perfect for fans of Faith Martin, Joy Ellis and L. J. Ross.
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