Stone Mothers'I heard the swish of falling paper. I grazed my knuckles retrieving a beige folder, its grubby white ribbon loose. Looping doctor's handwriting. Addresses. Dates. Names. Photographs! I had found the patients whose notes would bring the past back to life.' A lifetime ago, a patient escaped Nazareth mental asylum. They covered their tracks carefully. Or so they thought. Thirty years ago, Marianne Smy committed a crime then fled from her home to leave

and local squire Dame Beatrice

It is only when psychiatrist Richard Greville is called in that the truth behind the massacre gradually becomes clear

who gave her everything

she’s the prime suspect

bosses trust him

So it goes

‘A fantastic debut – unpredictable

Between life and death there is a library

he is an ex-petty criminal with a past that he has spent decades keeping secret

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Machiavellian nun

He will kill to protect her and everyone involved in the case is a target