Publisher's Synopsis
Harry Dunn is an ordinary man living an ordinary life. But a series of events turn his world upside down. His life implodes and he is forced to run. He is on the ragged edge when a surprise inheritance offers him a lifeline. But it's a poisoned chalice.He hides away in the underbelly of a prosperous market town among the destitute where he befriends Mary, a woman tormented by her own demons. Both are forced to confront their pasts as they try to unravel the mystery at the heart of Harry's downfall. What they discover is evil from the past that refuses to die - depravity carried through time in black hearts.Harry and Mary forge a bond, a liaison born from the misery of their pasts. They have both suffered but find that others have paid a far higher price.
