Henry Carter Hull

The tiny village of Illthwaite in Cumbria, England, appears to be a quiet, peaceful town, but when two young strangers arrive, they learn the town holds a deadly secret that some will kill to keep quiet.

When elderly Ailsa Lockyer-Fox is found dead in her garden, dressed only in nightclothes and with bloodstains on the ground near her body, the finger of suspicion points at her wealthy husband, Colonel James Lockyer-Fox. A coroner's investigation deems it death by natural causes, but the gossip surrounding James refuses to go away. Friendless and alone, James and his reclusive behavior begins to alarm his attorney, whose concern deepens when he discovers...

Young police constable Evan Evans, having left the big city for what he believes will be an idyllic life in the small Welsh village of Llanfair, finds himself almost immediately enmeshed in the mysterious murder of two hikers.

When Dorothy Martin finds a body in the abandoned town hall she is thrust into the politics and intrigue of the small town of Sherebury.

""Haunted and haunting.... With fearlessness and humility, in a narrative that flows more artfully than ever between destruction and rebirth, Erdrich has opened herself to possibilities beyond what we merely see--to the dead alive and busy, to the breath of trees and the souls of wolves--and inspires readers to open their hearts to these mysteries as well."-- Washington Post Book World From the author of the National Book Award Winner The Round...