Hallbury Summer

Beneath the blistering sun a village sleeps, while unheard and. in a dark place a woman is ritually murdered.Hallbury will remember the day Joseph Palliser came home.Emma who loved him when he left ten years ago would discard her marriage to be with him; the furiously independent Sophie could so easily fall victim to his feckless appetite. But Joseph has secrets neither can know, and he has only to turn over a stone or two to find the village has secrets too; secrets that are dangerous to learn.Hallbury Summer is a tale of a serene English village, a village with a primal, lethal heart. It is a place where Joe Palliser perfectly belongs.