A HOMECOMING MARRED BY BLOOD Journalist Martin Scarsden returns to Port Silver to make a fresh
start with his partner Mandy. But he arrives to find his childhood friend murdered - and Mandy
is the prime suspect. Desperate to clear her name Martin goes searching for the truth. A
TERRIBLE CRIME The media descends on Port Silver compelled by a story that has it all: sex
drugs celebrity and religion. Martin is chasing the biggest scoop of his career and the most
personal. A PAST HE CAN'T ESCAPE As Martin draws closer to a killer the secrets of his
traumatic childhood come to the surface and he must decide what is more important - the story
or his family.. 'A terrific novel - even better than his first' Ann Cleeves