'Vera Morris is one of those unexpected gems who turn up occasionally on the crime fiction scene' Mystery People

You can run but you can't hide . . .

Laurel Bowman has started a new life as a teacher on the isolated Suffolk coast while she tries to get over the murder of her sister. But it seems she cannot escape from death.

When the headmaster's wife is murdered, the detective in charge, idiosyncratic DI Frank Diamond, soon has a list of suspects. He is no stranger to Laurel, but despite their troubled past, together they start to unravel the truth.

Then the murderer strikes again and Laurel must fight, not just for justice, but for her life.

Readers LOVE Vera Morris's Anglian Detective Agency series:

'I sat up to past midnight reading this book' *****

'Full of twists and turns' *****

'A book you just know you are going to like from the 1st page' *****

'A perfect detective novel' *****

'I started it early one morning and had finished it by bed-time that same day!' *****

'A super read' *****

'This book stands head and shoulders above the rest in this overcrowded genre' *****

'Absolute must read' *****