The call comes in before DS Aector McAvoy has had time for breakfast. The news is bad: A body. Found in the woods out at Brantingham.The reality is even worse.The young man's mutilated corpse lies tangled in the roots of a newly fallen tree, two silver Roman coins nailed through his sightless eyes. Who would torture their victim in such a brutal manner - and why?DS McAvoy makes the victim a promise: I will find answers. You will know justice. But justice always comes at a cost, and this time it may be McAvoy's own family who pay the price.

"[Delivers] the kind of grisly torture and murder scenes that have rightly linked his work with that of Val McDermid" Booklist"Polished prose, lovable recurring characters, and a stunning revelation make this a mystery to savor" Kirkus Reviews Starred Review of Past LifePREVIOUS BOOK: PAST LIFE.