Publisher's Synopsis
"Ms Eccles is one of the stalwarts of British crime fiction..." SUNDAY TELEGRAPH When a local biographer in the Yorkshire town of Steynton is found murdered, the inquiry leads DI Tom Richmond straight to the Denshaw family. It is ten years since eight-year-old Beth was killed, snatched from the garden of the Denshaw family home. She was found four months after her disappearance, hidden under the bandstand in the local park and although her mother confessed to the killing, there were many who believed that her stepfather, vicar Peter Denshaw, was responsible. Peter's mother fears Richmond's questioning and, nearing death, she decides to take matters into her own hands, with tragic consquences...
