Deep down there's something we'd all kill for, isn't there? I know I would. I know I have. I know I will.
Recovering addict Eric Johnstone is turning his life around. Then one small moment changes everything, and Eric is sent down a dark path that leads him towards a life-or-death decision. Just months after he took a job at the retirement village in Point Imlay, the tide goes out on the town's oyster beds, and Eric's body is revealed.
When Senior Detective John Darken's business card is discovered in Eric's pocket, J.D. transfers to Point Imlay to help with the investigation. But J.D.'s life is in shambles: after a traumatic incident on his last case, his marriage is on the rocks, and the ghosts of his past haunt him constantly.
As J.D. and homicide detective Emma Capsteen – both unwelcome new faces in the sleepy seaside town – work to unravel the final days of Eric's life, they uncover more questions than answers. Why does local bikie Felix Riggs seem to be given free reign? What are the residents at Seascape Gardens retirement village hiding? And, in a town whose beating heart is community, why isn't anyone prepared to tell the whole truth?
A gripping exploration of desperation, vulnerability and the lengths people go to get what they want.
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Revelation 2:10
In a peaceful coastal town, a young woman is found brutally murdered, a piece of scripture held tightly in her hand. Local detective Charlotte Callaghan is put on the case, and she's glad for the distraction - Gull Bay can be a hard place to keep a secret, and she's holding on to a few. After Charlotte asks her brother, Father Joseph Callaghan, about the verse, her suspicions fall on his parishioners. Then a second victim is found, along with another biblical message. A dark betrayal is concealed within the small community. For Charlotte, there's something personal about this case, something that threatens the very core of her beliefs. Can she unravel this mystery before it tears her town apart?
A gripping crime novel about murder, betrayal, and the monsters who hide in plain sight.
"A world where evil begets evil, none of the good guys can trust each other and the bad guy has a hell of an axe to grind." JACK HEATH, author of Hangman
"Hicks leads the reader on a dark and darkly compelling journey that builds to a thrilling, breath-holding climax." CHRISTIAN WHITE, author of The Nowhere Child
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