‘Stunning … A page-turner that stays long in the memory’ Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month)
‘I loved it’ Ann Cleeves
In an isolated country town ravaged by drought, a charismatic young priest opens fire on his congregation, killing five men before being shot dead himself.
A year later, journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend to write a feature on the anniversary of the tragedy. But the stories he hears from the locals don’t fit with the accepted version of events.
Just as Martin…