THE SUSPENSEFUL SEQUEL TO CHARLOTTE LANGLEY’S THE BLAME.

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When a police detective is found murdered, all clues point to Amma Reynolds, a young woman who lives in the town. Amma has a clear motive. She resents the police for failing to properly investigate her brother’s death, written off as an accidental drowning, but which she believes was murder.

If that wasn’t suspicious enough, she is now refusing to speak to the police.

Former detective and private investigator Erin Crane is hired by Amma’s family to try and convince her to talk and to find out what really happened on the evening of DI Mark Stormont’s murder.

As she digs deeper, Erin realises that in order to solve the case, she first needs to uncover why Amma’s brother turned up dead in a river all those years ago. Even if it means tearing her friendship with DI Lewis Jennings apart.

Because there are some secrets the Wakestead police force would rather stay buried…