A wickedly observed and penetrating look at repression and the fascination with murder in small-town England.
A brutal murder punctures the tranquility of a small rural town -- a middle-aged couple are found stabbed to death; their teenage daughter is missing. Where is Gemma? Demands the headline of the Rutland Record. Alison, chief reporter, endeavours to unravel the truth and in doing so must confront the shadows of her own, shocking past and the bleakness at the heart of the prettiest of the prettiest of English Country Counties.
