Overview
In May 2013, St Ives farmer Philip goes missing on his way to meet a friend at Halsetown Inn. On the tenth anniversary of his disappearance and frustrated by a bungled police investigation, his grieving widow Betty commits suicide, leaving a note for her now-orphaned children Tom and Gemma.
Reuniting at Betty's funeral, their children's anger at the failed investigation reaches breaking point. Using their family connections, Gemma's brother-in-law Merrin convinces Inspector Louis Peppiatt to reopen the cold case.
In an investigation that spans decades, unearths family secrets and uncovers emotional betrayals, St Ives' police work to solve a case that has remained a mystery for ten years. Philip's disappearance has triggered a series of events that threaten to expose the inner lives of a seemingly peaceful rural town, teaching its residents that no one can be trusted.
Author Bio
Deborah Fowler's first short story was published when she was seventeen. Since then, she has published over six hundred short stories, novels, a crime series and several works of non-fiction.
Deborah lives in a small hamlet just outside St Ives and A St Ives Christmas Mystery is the first in a new series set against the beautiful backdrop of the West Cornish coastline.
