Bodies are being exhumed at King's Lynn's cemetary. the bones moved to higher ground to avoid flooding. But when the coffin of murdered pub landlady Nora Tilden is hauled up into the light, there is a grim discovery, the twisted corpse of a young black man, killed by a billhook blow to the head and dumped in the grave on the night Nora was buried, twenty-eight years earlier. The police are baffled by a bewildering and brutal murder.

Who was the young man? Was he the victim of a racist crime? When DI Peter Shaw, DS George Valentine and their team are put on the case, their investigation first leads them to The Flask, Nora's pub just along the riverbank, where her family hides more than one dark secret. It's soon clear no-one can be trusted. Will Shaw and Valentine be able to discover the shocking truth behind the murder before it's too late and ghosts from the past claim another victim?

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Mailed to another bookcrosser via the wishlist tag game.

This has now arrived safely in Edinburgh! Thanks very much for sending this! :-)

I'm really enjoying this series. The plus side to discovering someone when they've been writing for ages is that you don't have to wait for them to write their next book! This story had lots of twists and turns , with lots of people not being what they first appeared. None of this series appear to be on wishlists, so I will try and find a new appreciative reader!

Set free on the Bookcrossing shelf in the Filmhouse cafe. Happy reading!