Prescott crafts a quietly chilling slice of historical suspense, following a small English community rattled by secrets, suspicion, and the uneasy sense that the past refuses to stay in the ground. When a long-buried crime begins to surface, old loyalties crack and reputations warp under the weight of truth, turning the village into a pressure chamber of whispered fears and buried guilt. Prescott’s gift is the slow creep—rich atmosphere, sharp character work, and a dread that tightens with every chapter. A dark, elegant tale of conscience, consequence, and the ghosts we make ourselves.
