[Bruce and Bennett Mystery 01] • The Rotting Spot

Someone's getting away with murder … and they'll do anything to keep it that way.

The skull hunter's rotting spot hides a secret, while the families on the sea-lashed Northumbrian headland hide several more. When Lucy Seaton goes missing, her friend Erica Bruce is convinced there's a link to the disappearance of Lucy's cousin years before.

At first, Inspector Will Bennett's sceptical of Erica's homeopathy and love of William Blake's prophecies, so she begins her own investigation, contending with Lucy's steely mother and religious aunt — and the doubtful assistance of excess-loving Stacey.