What if someone paid you a massive bribe, but you didn’t know anything about it? Rob Crichton only finds it’s happened to him after retreating from London to a remote Northumbrian pub. He’s hoping to get over executive burnout and a painful divorce, but instead he’s drawn into a dispute between his likable landlady Catriona and her estranged husband. With the bribe to contend with as well, he’s up against it … but he’s not about to give up.
Lively dialogue, engaging characters and vividly evoked locations as this confident romantic mystery lunges towards its dramatic climax.