Hallbury Summer

Beneath the blistering sun, a village sleeps.
In a dark place, a woman is ritually murdered.
Hallbury will remember the day Joseph Palliser came home.
Emma who loves Joe would discard her marriage to be with him; the furiously independent Sophie could so easily fall victim to his feckless appetite. But Joe has secrets neither will know, and he has only to turn over a stone or two to find