A BRAND-NEW BRITISH POLICE PROCEDURAL SET IN PORTSMOUTH, FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR PAULINE ROWSON. OVER 900,000 BOOKS READ!

A skull discovered in a soundproofed chamber. A cold case turned red hot. And a secret someone will kill to keep buried.

Giles Priestley’s skull is discovered in an abandoned Portsmouth research station. The recluse vanished from a rotting fishing trawler moored off Eastney Shore over two decades ago. It isn’t DI Horton’s case, but the grim discovery makes him feel uneasy.

No one reported Giles missing. No one seemed to care. But someone left his skull in a soundproofed chamber, where a dying man’s screams could never be heard.

Twelve days later, the man who found it is discovered shot dead in a local wartime tunnel. It seems like suicide — but Horton isn’t convinced.

Two deaths. One impossible thread connecting them. As a bitter January wind tears off the Solent, Horton is pulled into a web of dark secrets . . . at the heart of which sits the coldest and most calculating killer he has ever faced.

This gripping British police procedural, packed with red herrings and shocking twists and turns, is perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Ian Rankin, Elly Griffiths, Helen H. Durrant and Bill Kitson.