by Pam Keevil
Who is the young man found floating in the river?
The only key to his identity is a small tattoo on the wrist. Is it a case of suicide, a tragic accident or a suspicious death? When the victim is linked to a nearby eco-commune, the wealthy aristocrat who funds the place is adamant the young man had gone to visit family. And is Miranda, the girl who claims she is expecting his baby telling the truth? His best friend in the commune, Jake knows his history and suicide was never on his mind.
Or is it a cover up of an accident on narrow roads, without street lights, late at night? The vicar of a crumbling church on land next to the commune has concerns that one pf her parishioners is being abused by his wife whose rages are becoming terrifying and unpredictable. Who can she tell? And will they take her concerns seriously?
When Detective Sergeant Mark Mulroney suspects a link to organised crime and a luxury private hotel his investigations nearly cost him his life. In this tangled web of lies and deceit, no-one can be trusted
Set in the idyllic Cotswold countryside in the hottest summer in decades, there is also fear because rich men and women call the tune. After all, they are the ones who pay the piper.