First published 2003
Joshua Carnoweth lies dead in the Cornish town of Truro, and Michael Lanyon faces the gallows for his murder. The case seems clear cut. Lanyon stood to inherit everything and killed for greed. The trial moves swiftly, justice is served, and the executioner does his work. But years pass, and a desperate act tears open old wounds. Questions that everyone believed buried forever suddenly demand answers. A respected family discovers that the shadow of that long-ago murder has found them when they least expected it. Their peaceful world crumbles as the past refuses to stay dead. The truth about what really happened to Joshua Carnoweth may destroy everything they thought they knew about themselves.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: past-coming-back-to-haunt, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Truro, Cornwall
Period: 20th-century
416 pages · Paperback · New Media German Language