: Liz Webb
: The Saved Secrets, lies and bodies wash up on remote Scottish shores
: Allison& Busby
: 9780749030230
: 1
: CHF 10.80
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: Krimis, Thriller, Spionage
: English
: 250
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She thought his death would destroy her ... but his return was far worse. Nancy and Calder are moving from London to an isolated slate island, off the west coast of Scotland. Nancy is focused on their new beginning, but is increasingly unsettled by the stark island, the mysterious inhabitants and Calder's dark past, which he's kept hidden from her. Then one of Nancy's nightmares plays out in real life: she finds Calder's boat upturned in the bay, his body adrift in the icy water. He's clinically dead with no heartbeat. But miraculously the doctors manage to bring him back to life. Everyone thinks he has made a full recovery, but Nancy doesn't recognise the man who has come back from the dead. As secrets, lies and bodies begin to wash up on the island, Nancy must come to terms with the fact that despite the fresh start, sometimes the slate cannot be wiped clean.

Liz Webb originally trained as a classical dancer, then worked as a secretary, stationery shop manager, art class model, cocktail waitress, stand-up comic, voice-over artist, script editor and radio drama producer, before becoming a novelist. She lives in North London.

I lean forward on the icy ferry rail, as the white coils of mist slowly unravel ahead of us.

And finally … there it is. The island of Langer. Our new home.

All the other passengers on this little ferry have stayed in their cars, safe from the intense cold. Calder and I are the only idiots watching the approach from outside, clearly newcomers. Well, I am. Calder was born here, but left twenty-odd years ago. I look up a