During a blistering summer, drought has depleted Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End - hidden from view for over 40 years. For a curious young boy this resurfaced hamlet has become a magical playground . . . until he unearths a human skeleton. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is given the impossible task of identifying the victim - a woman who lived in a place that no longer exists, whose former residents are scattered to the winds. Anyone else might throw in the towel but Banks sets out to uncover the murky past buried beneath a flood of time...
'A WONDERFUL NOVEL' Michael Connelly
- ISBN10 0380975815
- ISBN13 9780380975815
- Publish Date 6 April 1999
- Publish Status Temporarily Withdrawn
- Out of Print 13 July 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Avon Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 432
- Language English