Minette Walters' shattering new novel unveils the secrets and betrayals, past and present, that come home to those who try to bury them.

A destitute man is found dead on the property of a wealthy socialite. But the reporter investigating the dead man's identity - and the woman whose home became his deathbed - are swiftly ensnared in a web of deception as tangled and complex as the hearts and minds that spun it...


* First time in paperback
* National bestselling author of The Dark Room and winner of the Edgar Award, as well as many other prestigious awards
* "A superior storyteller who plumbs psychological depths with an acuity that ...will have readers enthralled." -Publishers Weekly