This moody and arresting thriller is perfect for fans of Tana FrenchOn a beautiful eerily quiet May morning a girl is found brutally bludgeoned to death When Detective Marjory Fleming arrives the silence of the scene is broken only by the ringing of the girls cell phone The nearby community is small and closeknit but the veneer of contented prosperity conceals nasty secrets and deep betrayals When another corpse is discovered Fleming quickly realizes she must watch her own back while she searches for the link between the murders As she uncovers layer upon layer of intrigue and deceit it becomes apparent that while the dead cant tell lies the living most certainly can