The portals of Oxford college and a high-rise estate in Yorkshire provide the background to this exploration of the wrongs inflicted on the young by an older generation, and on the present by the past, as the author reveals a web of violence, deceit and greed.
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"'The tone of unrelenting gloom grows oppressive, but the events at play in this well-written, well-plotted novel warrant it.' Donna Leon, Sunday Times; 'A very readable whodunit.' Financial Express"
Patricia Hall is a former journalist who worked for The Yorkshire Post, The Guardian, and The Observer. She is the author of eight previous crime novels featuring Thackeray and Ackroyd, most recently Dead on Arrival. She was born in Yorkshire and now lives in Oxford.
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