Evil lurks beneath the surface of the beautiful Welsh village of Leighton Meadow.

A young woman is found dead in the village church. Shot through the heart with a crossbow.

She thought she was safe there, but they found her in the end.

DI Jemima Huxley thought Leighton Meadow was a safe place to raise her adopted ten-year-old son. But this is a village with many hidden secrets. And this case is hitting really close to home.

The victim turns out to be a Czech student who went missing on a night out in Prague.

How did she end up dead in a Welsh church?

Detective Huxley must find out before more women pay the ultimate price.

A BRAND-NEW, RACE-AGAINST-TIME CRIME THRILLER THAT WILL KEEP YOU UP ALL NIGHT.

Readers of Simon McCleave, Rachel McLean, Ann Cleeves, Helen H. Durrant, Joy Ellis, Angela Marsons, L.J. Ross, J.M. Dalgliesh, Patricia Gibney, Mark Edwards and Lynda La Plante will love Gaynor Torrance's feisty and flawed protagonist DI Jemima Huxley.