We begin at the endFor some people, trouble just finds them. Thirty years ago, Vincent King became a killer. Now, he's been released from prison and is back in his hometown of Cape Haven, California. Not everyone is pleased to see him. Like Star Radley, his ex girlfriend, and sister of the girl he killed. Duchess Radley, Star's thirteen year old daughter, is part carer, part protector to her younger brother, Robin and to her deeply troubled mother. But in trying to

It is the location of all our hopeful beginnings and intended ends

We are more connected

convinced Ewan still lives there in some form

and even tried to break aviation records

Daniel Pursglove lies in prison waiting to die

and she does not want to talk about her brother

combined in a beautifully written and very human story

The return of Jackson Brodie

Haunted by the moment he ignored his instinct about a suspect

is it here

compelling

one of the most beautiful and haunting books of recent times' - Alexander McCall Smith