The villagers of Withens are dying. Emma Renshaw vanished
two years ago, her body never found. Now her former
housemate has been bludgeoned, his remains discovered near
a deserted railway tunnel. Is there a link between the two?
While Detective Sergeant Diane Fry focuses on Emma's
possible murder, her colleague Ben Cooper investigates a
series of burglaries. Only one family seems exempt: the
Oxleys. Descended from workmen who built the ancient
tunnels beneath the village, they stick close to their own-
and keep their secrets closer. Caught in the tangle of
death and deception are Cooper and Fry. Their personal
history and professional relationship have blurred before,
and will again, as their cases converge in the most
unsettling ways. . . .