' It was evident if there were no other entrance to the ice house that the body had at some point traversed this thorny barrier The big question was how long ago? How long had that nightmare been there?' The people of Streech village had never trusted the three women living up at the Grange
- not since Phoebe Maybury's husband suddenly inexplicably vanished Ten years later a corpse is discovered in the grounds & Phoebe's nightmare begins For once they have identified the body the police are determined to charge her with murder ' The most impressive first novel in years' Daily Telegraph 'A seductive writer with an imagination that makes her dangerous to know' Sunday Express ' Terrific first novel with a high Rendellesque frisson count' The Times