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A body is found in a chicken run . . .



Based on the true story of the ‘chicken farm murder’ which took place in Blackness, Crowborough, East Sussex in December, 1924.



Norman Thorne was found guilty of the murder of Elsie Cameron, but even at the time of his execution there were doubts about his guilt.



Still swearing his innocence, Norman Thorne was hanged on 22 April 1925.



Bestselling author Minette Walters brings a thrilling story to life in this gripping new novel. Minette Walters has published eleven novels and has won the CWA John Creasey Award for best first crime novel, the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best crime novel published in America and two CWA Gold Daggers for Fiction. Her twelfth novel, The Devil's Feather, recently reached No. 2 in the Sunday Times bestseller lists. She lives near Dorchester in Dorset with her husband.