Andrea Carter

In Glendara, preparations are underway for Glenfest, Glendara's literary festival. Phyllis Kettle, the local bookshop owner, is especially pleased to have persuaded Gavin Featherstone, the local bestselling recluse writer, to take part.

A woman's body washes up on a remote beach on the Inishowen Peninsula. Partially clothed, with a strange tattoo on her thigh, she is identified as Marguerite Etienne, a French woman who has been living in the area. Solicitor Ben (Benedicta) O'Keeffe is consumed by guilt....

When a visiting young American drowns in full view of solicitor Benedicta (Ben) O'Keeffe's assistant Leah's wedding guests at the newly restored Greysbridge Hotel, the festivities are brutally cut short....

December on the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal—and solicitor Benedicta "Ben" O'Keeffe is working flat out before the Christmas holidays. While on a trip to Dublin to visit her parents, she runs into Luke Kirby—the man who killed her sister—freshly released from jail....

Glendara, Inishowen: a charity cycle event is taking place and the town is abuzz, but it starts to rain, causing the cyclists to postpone the start of their event. In the middle of the night, Police Sergeant Tom Molloy is called out to Mamore Gap, where a body has fallen onto a passing vehicle....