Despite many years living in South Devon DI Wesley Peterson has never visited the tiny island of St Rumon's. That is until erosion from a storm reveals three bodies buried outside the local churchyard. Two are ancient skeletons but one is far more recent. Whose remains are they? And who killed them? The island has only a small number of inhabitants. Yet one resident keeps cropping up in Wesley's investigation: the author and self-styled academic Quentin Search. Meanwhile Wesley's friend archaeologist Neil Watson becomes fascinated by the remains of the island's old priory. His discovery of a journal written by a 16th-century cleric reveals an eerie tale of strange rituals and disturbing deaths. As Wesley begins to wonder whether the past might be repeating itself another murder occurs . . . There is a calculated killer on the island - one whose grip is as deadly as the rising tide.

Part of the The Wesley Peterson Series series.