Reginald Hill

Convalescing at a seaside resort after being injured by a bomb, detective Andy Dalziel pursues growing suspicions about a secretive psychiatrist and a man Dalziel believed to be dead, concerns that lead him to team up once again with fellow investigator Peter Pascoe.

Arriving simultaneously in a tiny village in Cumbria, England, Samantha Flood and Miguel Madero pursue investigations of the links between the community and their families, endeavors that reshape their senses of identity.