CROW TRAP

At the isolated Baikie's cottage in the North Pennines, three very different women come together to complete an environmental study. Each knows the meaning of betrayal. For team leader Rachael, the project is the perfect opportunity to rebuild her confidence after a double betrayal by Peter Kemp, her lover and boss. Anne on the other hand, sees it as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own, and then there is Grace, a strange, uncommunicative young woman, with plenty of secrets to hide. When Rachael arrives at the cottage she is horrified to discover the body of her friend Bella Furness. It appears Bella has committed suicide, but Rachael finds this impossible to accept. It is only after the next death occurs that a fourth woman enters the picture, the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope. 552pp in a compulsive novel. Paperback.