Crime mystery set mainly in OXFORD in WW2
A Deadly Thaw

Location(s): Derbyshire
Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
Era(s): Contemporary
2004: In Bampton, Derbyshire, Lena Fisher is arrested for suffocating her husband, Andrew.
Spring 2016: A year after Lena’s release from prison, Andrew is found murdered in a disused mortuary.
Who was the man Lena killed twelve years ago and why did she lie about his identity? When Lena disappears, her sister, Kat, follows a trail of clues delivered by a teenage boy.
Sarah Ward’s second novel confirms her place as one of the UK’s most exciting new crime writers.
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