Book description
An ingenious psychological suspense novel.
At the isolated Baikie's Cottage on the North Pennines, three very
different women come together. Three women who each know the meaning of
betrayal . . .
For team leader Rachael the project is the perfect opportunity to
rebuild her confidence after a double-betrayal by her lover and boss,
Peter Kemp. Botanist Anne, on the other hand, sees it as a chance to
indulge in a little deception of her own. And then there is Grace, a
strange, uncommunicative young woman with plenty of her own secrets to
hide . . . When Rachael arrives at the cottage, however, she is
horrified to discover the body of her friend Bella Furness. Bella, it
appears, has committed suicide - a verdict Rachael finds impossible to
accept.
Only when the next death occurs does a fourth woman enter the picture -
the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope... Ann Cleeves
worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary
coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of 'Murder
Squad', working with other northern writers to promote crime fiction. In
2006 Ann was awarded the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for Best Crime Novel, for
Raven Black
. Ann lives in North Tyneside.
