It's been two years since Emma Renshaw vanished on the way
home from college. Her parents remain in the past,
believing their daughter may catch another train home.
Detective Diane Fry relives this nightmare with the
obsessed Renshaws.
In the town of Withens, where Emma's parents reside, is the
notorious Oxley family. During her stay at college, Emma
lived with a cousin of these boys. Detective Ben Cooper is
looking for the murderer of the roommate.
Although these incidents happened two years apart, there's
enough significance to link the two together. Along with
antiques thefts that have happened in Withens, Cooper and
Fry must decide if these robberies are connected with the
killings.
Other incidents surrounding the Oxley family make them the
prime suspects, but do they have a motive for murder?
While they call this book a novel of suspense, I found it
less suspenseful and more mysterious. I enjoyed the
characters, however, I would have liked the two detectives'
intimacy to be explained more. I'd recommend this book to
lovers of mystery simply because it's a good story with a
surprise ending.
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. . . .
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