Derbyshire, England 1977
Marie is a girl with strange obsessions and a free and often wayward spirit.
Anna is shy and bookish, kept on a short rein by her repressive parents.
An unlikely alliance. A friendship forged in blood. Families intertwined forever.
Autumn 2010
A brutal murder is just the case chain-smoking detective Kate Fox has been waiting for, except her nemesis has other ideas.
Newton is struggling to live up to his own high standards. As he grapples with chronic pain and a hidden phobia, his wife leaves him and things begin to unravel.
As Anna comes to terms with her father’s murder, Marie returns after more than 30 years, sending her well-established drink problem spiralling out of control.
Set in a fictional town in Derbyshire, England, this gripping saga takes you on an emotional journey, with an abundance of twists and turns…
Rachael Holyhead was born in the industrial heart of Sheffield. She grew up in South Yorkshire, at the edge of the Peak District.
She attended Carter Lodge Comprehensive School and read History at the University of Liverpool.
A lifelong Sheffield United supporter, she also loves snooker and is an all-round armchair sports fan.
Still passionate about history, she has eclectic reading tastes, enjoying everything from the Brontës and Wilkie Collins to more modern writers of mystery, horror and crime.
As a child, Rachael began writing stories and letters for her Uncle, who was stationed overseas with the army.
She considers Liverpool her second home and loves the city’s music, culture and maritime heritage. Her roots remain in Sheffield, where she lives with her sons and her pet cat, Luther.
Blossom Spring Publishing
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My thoughts: the murder of a local business owner has complicated links to the past for his daughter Anna, who has never quite put the past behind her.
The police are looking for someone with a reason to kill, and after a neighbour also dies, seemingly of a heart attack, Kate I’d sure something more complicated and connected to the secrets that lie in the past.
Anna’s friend Marie has returned to town, armed with knowledge Anna doesn’t have, does she have any connection to the deaths or at least some idea of who Anna’s father really was.
A clever, knotty story with lots of twists, moving back and forth as the truth slowly reveals itself, both Anna and Kate are drawn into the things bubbling below the surface of the town.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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Thank you so much for being a part of the tour x
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