The next gripping mystery featuring DI Wesley Peterson by the million-copy-bestselling author Kate Ellis.
Despite many years living in South Devon, DI Wesley Peterson has never visited the tiny island of St Rumon''s. That is until erosion from a storm reveals three bodies buried outside the local churchyard.
Two are ancient skeletons, but one is far more recent, and Wesley realises he has uncovered a case of murder. But whose remains are they? And who killed them?
The island has only a small number of inhabitants. Yet one resident keeps cropping up in Wesley''s investigation: the author and self-styled academic, Quentin Search.
Meanwhile Wesley''s friend, archaeologist Neil Watson, becomes fascinated by the remains of the island''s old priory. His discovery of a journal, written by a sixteenth century cleric, reveals an eerie tale of strange rituals and disturbing deaths.
As Wesley begins to wonder whether the past might be repeating itself,
