First published 2012
A composer arrives in the Yorkshire Dales and finds himself drawn to the site of a famous crime. The case centers on a beautiful woman whose guilt or innocence remains unclear. As he digs deeper into the details, the composer becomes increasingly obsessed with understanding what really happened and who this enigmatic figure truly was. The investigation pulls him into a web of secrets that blur the line between victim and perpetrator. His fascination with the woman and her story threatens to consume him as he struggles to separate truth from deception. Robinson weaves together past and present in this standalone thriller that explores how the pull of mystery can become dangerously personal.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: obsession, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Yorkshire Dales
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
368 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow