DI Joanna Piercy has built her reputation on thorough investigative police work, but now, distracted by her recent miscarriage and having split from her partner Matthew, she is battling through a painful emotional time. So when Arthur Pennington enters her office and reports his wife Beatrice missing, Joanna does not share his concern. Convinced that his wife is merely involved in an extra-marital affair, she is dismissive of Arthur's concerns, until Beatrice's body is found dumped on the Leek moorlands. Unbeknown to even her close family, Beatrice had been harbouring a secret and dangerously obsessive infatuation...
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Priscilla Masters was born in Halifax and is one of seven adopted children. The family moved to South Wales where she lived until she was sixteen when she went to Birmingham to work and then to train as a nurse. She is married to a GP and now lives in Shropshire. She works part-time as a nurse.
A powerful novel well anchored in contemporary events --The Guardian
Expertly crafted --The Good Book Guide
Something of a small masterpiece of crime writing --Sherlock Holmes Magazine
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