From Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller Ann Cleeves comes the fourth Matthew Venn novel in which a puzzling death in a luxurious holiday home must be investigated by Venn and his team.
The deadliest truths are those in the shadows . . .
Detective Matthew Venn is called in to investigate a puzzling death. The body of a young woman has been found in the swimming pool of Tide House, a luxurious holiday home in North Devon, and her best friend is missing. The property belongs to rising political star Paul Armstrong and the case quickly draws intense media scrutiny.
As a scorching heat wave rages and further tragedy strikes, Venn and his team begin questioning a community brimming with secrets. The dead woman and her friend had been spotted at a nearby music festival the day before, an event which brought locals and outsiders together - some of whom may have been more connected with the Armstrongs than first thought.
Caught between a powerful family's secrets and a powder keg of local tensions, Venn must navigate a treacherous path. Knowing that the real answers lie not in what people say, but in the silence that they keep . . .
Format: Paperback / softback
Pages: 384
Imprint: Macmillan
Supplier: The Distribution & Logistics Company Pty. Ltd.
Subjects: Crime & Mystery, Crime and mystery: police procedural, crime; mystery; murder; Devon; gay; detective; landscape; LGBT; LGBTQ; rural; coastal; Venn; Matthew; Barnstaple; atmospheric; British detective; small town; police procedural
