When the body of a 13-year-old evacuee is spotted floating face-up in a river, a wartime community is thrown into turmoil. A sprig of flawed lace, found in the dead girl’s hand, is the only clue to the identity of her killer.
Lily Jones had disappeared after attempting to get into a dance organised by American and Canadian airmen, only to be turned away at the door.
The girl standing next to her in the queue is later the only person who comes to her aid when she is attacked. Thinking she has saved her, Joan Hughes, a young lace-maker, runs home during the blackout. She is shocked to discover two days later that Lily has been reported missing and vows to find out what happened to her.
A twisty, dark and shocking thriller, set in 1944. $0.99 on Kindle.
