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 Mayburys husband suddenly inexplicably vanished. Ten years later a corpse is discovered in the grounds & Phoebes 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