Book description
It sends a shiver down Detective Superintendent Alan Markby's spine
when he hears that a rambler has stumbled on human bones in Stovey Woods
in the heart of the Cotswolds. Twenty-two years ago, as a fresh-faced
young inspector, he had a rare failure in the hunt for a brutal serial
rapist preying on local women. After the third rape, the attacker went
to ground, never to be heard of again. Now, with a new investigation
prompted by the grisly remains, the trail could be warm once more. But
almost at once Markby is confronted with another body and a thoroughly
up-to-date murder. Could the two be connected? It seems that some of the
village residents would be just as happy to let sleeping dogs lie and
secrets - both old and new - stay hidden... Ann Granger has lived in
cities all over the world, since for many years she worked for the
Foreign Office and received postings to British embassies as far apart
as Munich and Lusaka. She is married, with two sons, and she and her
husband, who also worked for the Foreign Office, are now permanently
based in Oxfordshire.
