"Finely observed, beautifully written" Daily Mail on The Secrets of Life and Death.
"The victim had been buried in a carved hollow in the grass and shrouded in fallen leaves..."
Archaeologist Sage Westfield has her first forensics case: investigating the murder of a teenage girl. Hidden by holly leaves, the girl's body has been discovered on the grounds of a stately home, where another teenage girl went missing twenty years ago - but her body was never found. The police suspect the reclusive owner, Alistair Chorleigh, who was questioned but never charged. But when Sage investigates a nearby burial mound - and uncovers rumours of an ancient curse - she discovers the story of another mysterious disappearance over a hundred years ago. Sage will need both her modern forensics skills and her archaeological knowledge to unearth the devastating truth.
- ISBN10 1785656260
- ISBN13 9781785656262
- Publish Date 27 October 2020 (first published 9 July 2019)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 11 August 2020
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Titan Books (UK)
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 464
- Language English