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The magnificent Dungeon House is more than just a home. It's a piece of history -- perched high on the cliffs of Cumbria, above the restless Irish Sea. In all the Lakes, you won't find a more beautiful place to live. Or die...
Twenty years ago, the Dungeon House played host to a summer barbecue that ended in blood. Malcolm Whiteley, the house's owner, worked himself into a jealous frenzy, convinced his wife's lover was among the guests. Whiteley didn't wait to find out who.
He shot his wife and pushed his daughter off a cliff, before turning his antique rifle on himself.
Now, Detective Hannah Scarlett calls at the Dungeon House, on the trail of a fresh mystery. Teenage Shona Whiteley -- the killer's niece -- has been living under this roof her whole life. Now she's vanished without a trace.
Rumours begin to swirl about the curse of the Dungeon House and how the sins of the past still echo through the generations. But Detective Hannah's fears are far more tangible.
The police, the locals, everyone thinks they know what happened that fateful night up at the house.
But the deeper Detective Hannah digs, the more certain she becomes: the Dungeon House is yet to give up its darkest secrets...
Discover an utterly addictive, emotionally charged mystery, steeped in all the atmosphere and intrigue of England's beautiful Lake District. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Elly Griffiths, P.D. James, Val McDermid and Joy Ellis.
**Martin Edwards is the winner of three CWA Dagger Awards, including the prestigious Diamond Dagger -- the highest honour in UK crime writing!**
MORE PRAISE FOR MARTIN EDWARDS:
'Superb.' Lee Child
'A fine writer.' Ian Rankin
'A true master.' Richard Osman
'A magician.' Janice Hallett
'A first-rate complex thriller.' The Sunday Times
'Crime fiction is blessed to have Martin Edwards.' Sarah Weinman, New York Times
'Beautifully crafted... with a delicious twist in the tale.' ANN CLEEVES
'A wonderful, absorbing read.' PETER ROBINSON
'Atmospheric, haunting and so tactile you can almost smell the moist air.' Booklist
'Wonderfully convoluted with more zigs and zags than the labyrinth created decades ago by arsenic miners.' The Denver Post
MEET THE DETECTIVES
Daniel Kind isn't your average Oxford historian. Passionate and charismatic, he's a celebrity in the city of dreaming spires. Until he throws it all away to move to Brackdale, where his father served as a detective. His dad may be dead and gone. But something about the Lakes still calls to Daniel. Is this somewhere he can finally escape his demons? Daniel thinks so. But the past has a way of following wherever he goes...
Fiery DCI Hannah Scarlett is smart, intuitive and ready to call out injustice wherever she finds it, even among her superiors. This straight-talking streak has earned her a demotion to Cumbria's Cold Case team. A place where careers go to die? Detective Hannah's determined not to let that happen -- following in the footsteps of her beloved mentor, DI Ben Kind.
THE SETTING
Just one glimpse of Brackdale village, nestled in its own secluded little valley, is enough to make Daniel's Londoner girlfriend gasp with delight. Quaint stone cottages crowd around an ancient Norman church and a quiet, overgrown graveyard -- surrounded by a jigsaw puzzle of fields and dark woods that stretch as far as the eye can see. But this beautiful landscape wouldn't be the same without its scars: deserted quarries pockmark the land, ringed by steep and treacherous crags on the dark horizon.
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