Synopsis
Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author of the Vera and Shetland series, returns with the fourth Two Rivers mystery featuring detective Matthew Venn who must solve a mysterious death in a luxury holiday home.
Detective Matthew Venn is called in to investigate a puzzling death. The body of a young woman has been found in the swimming pool of a lavish holiday home in North Devon, and her best friend is missing. The property, Tide House, belongs to Paul Armstrong—a rising political star, a fact that quickly draws intense media scrutiny.
As a scorching heat wave rages and further tragedy strikes, Venn and his team begin questioning a community brimming with secrets. The dead woman and her friend had been spotted at a nearby music festival the day before, an event which brought locals and outsiders together. Some of whom may have been more connected with the Armstrong family than initially thought.
Caught between a powerful family’s secrets and a powder keg of local tensions, Venn must navigate a treacherous path. Knowing that the real answers lie not in what people say, but in the silence that they keep.
