Wartime secrets, smugglers- caves, skeletal remains...And the holiday-s only just begun-July 1923 - Iris Woodmore travels to Devon with her friends Percy Baverstock and Millicent Nightingale for her father-s wedding to Katherine Keats. But when Millicent uncovers skeletal remains hidden on the private beach of Katherine-s former home, Iris begins to suspect her future stepmother is not what she seems. The police reveal the dead man is a smuggler who went missing in 1918, and when a new murder occurs, they realise a killer is in their midst. The link between both murders is Katherine. Could Iris-s own father be in danger?'The Iris Woodmore mysteries are fast becoming some of my favourites.' M J Porter'Compulsive reading at its best. Iris Woodmore's fourth mystery has a mix of love, jealousy, and betrayal of the kind that can only lead to murder.' netgalley reviewer, five stars'The Iris Woodmore Mysteries are a firm favourite of mine - rich with period detail but with a damn fine mystery
