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'One of the most strikingly original police procedurals this year . . . It is breathtakingly good' Daily Mail The electrifying new crime novel from the award winning author, Fiona Cummins, author of Into the Darkand Rattle. It’s been a long time since the Hardwicke family has been on holiday. But thirteen-year-old Galen has wanted to see the wild dolphins at Scotland’s Chanonry Point for as long as she can remember, and her mother Christine – a lone parent since her beloved husband left – is determined she gets her wish. But their serene trip is about to be interrupted. When DC Saul Anguish is called to investigate the shooting of an ex-police officer in Midtown-on-Sea, Essex, he quickly discovers that this is the first in a string of killings by Missy and Fox, a damaged young couple hell-bent on infamy, their love story etched in blood. In pursuit, Saul follows their trail north. The paths of the Hardwickes' and the deadly couple are about to collide. When Saul and his forensic linguist partner, Blue, arrive on the scene, they witness the unthinkable: a mother forced to make an impossible choice. Saul must uncover the truth about the couple. But can he find the strength to lay the ghosts of his past to rest before they break him? Praise for Fiona Cummins: 'Grips like a vice' Val McDermid‘Savage, heartbreaking, beautiful and chilling. Fiona Cummins rips up the rule book in this quite brilliant story of love and loss, murder and redemption’ Chris Whitaker 'Breathless plotting and twist after twist' Ian Rankin 'One of the most atmospheric novels you will ever encounter – you will feel the sea air in your lungs and the terror in your dreams. A crime novel of the very first order' David Baldacci 'So good I read it twice. Trust me – Cummins is a keeper' Lee Child