From the multiaward winning creator of BROADCHURCH and showrunner of DOCTOR WHO get ready for the most exciting crime fiction debut of 2025quotA masterclass whodunnitquot Gillian McAllister quotEverything I love in a crime novelquot Jennie Godfrey quotAs unputdownable as youd expect from the writer of Broadchurchquot Jenny Colgan When Nicola Bridge moves back to Dorset after years as a CID detective in the big city the last thing she expects is for the picturesque village of Fleetcombe to become a grisly crime scene Jim Tiernan landlord of the White Hart pub has been found dead the body staged with macabre relish on an isolated country road As soon as she starts asking questions Nicola realises everyone in the village has something to hide Frankie the hairdresser who isnt a skilled enough actor to conceal theyre lying about the night of the murder Eddie the delivery driver whose heart starts racing every time he drives past the crime scene Deakins the embittered farmer still living in the shadow of a supposedly murderous ancestor And even the little girl hidden at the top of the playground slide whos watching them all Whispers Rumours Lies But Nicola knows that somewhere among...
