The troubled past of the Black Dogs manager returns to haunt him in the intriguing new Cotswold village mystery featuring pub owner Alex Duggins.Although he has always kept his past carefully hidden, as the everreliable manager of her wellstocked pub, The Black Dog, Hugh Rhys has Alex Duggins total trust. However the unexpected arrival of two women from his past raises the fury of the usually eventempered Hugh, threatens his carefullycrafted reputation and sends shockwaves through the village. When a battered body is discovered in a deep pond near Hughs estate, Alex and her partner Tony are once again pulled into a chilling murder investigation. With Hughs odd behaviour ensuring that he becomes the polices chief suspect, Alex determines to prove his innocence. But shes about to find herself walking a dangerous line, looking for a killer she may wish she had never found .

Binding: Hardback;320 pages; Publisher: Canongate Books; Classification: FF; Weight: 564 g; Dimensions: 145 x 222 x 30

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