Publisher's Synopsis
'A cracking story' Guardian
You know that feeling? The one that makes you want to glance over your shoulder?
All Clara Benning wants is a peaceful life asa wildlife vet, and to hide her disfigurement from the world.
But now she doesn't have a choice.
Because a man has died from a suspicious snake bite, and Clara's concern leads her to the abandoned house at the end of the lane, and an unspeakable tragedy that occured half a century ago.