Publisher's Synopsis
Novelist Theo Kendal inherits the remote Fenland house where his cousin Charmery was murdered. Living there, he hopes to uncover the truth about her death as well as being the ideal place to finish his new book. But Fenn House is plagued by unexplained events, and his novel seems to be writing itself... Theo finds himself describing a young boy called Matthew who inhabits a terrifying world. People die in macabre circumstances, they can be imprisoned without trial or reason and their identities deleted...forever. Then Theo discovers that Matthew and his family really existed and are part of a dark segment of recent history, now threatening to tear his life apart. And somehow it all connects to the death of his cousin Charmery...
