On a peaceful summer’s morning in the Lake District, a woman’s body is discovered outside a church. Left naked and exposed to the elements, her fingertips have been removed and her mouth stuffed with soil. A methodical but unhinged killer has arranged symbolic clues in the most brutal ways. DI Kelly Porter must decode this motive and bring the perpetrator to justice. But as more deaths occur, time is running out for Kelly to put the puzzle pieces together before the danger comes too close to home.
