Cold Trail - Beck Lewis

Can the past ever stay buried?

Fifteen years after her sister was murdered by their abusive father, Bibi Cotton has built a new life as a librarian in a close-knit village in the ancient Charnwood Forest.

Then her boyfriend, Callum, makes a confession - as a teenager, he killed a man suspected of being involved in her sister’s abuse. He shows Bibi the place near a local beauty spot where he says the body is buried.

Detective Constable ’Walker’ Smith remembers the original case. A murdered girl. A missing suspect who was never found. A place steeped in fairy legends and unresolved mysteries.

When questioned by police, Callum claims the murder confession was a lie. But as Bibi follows the trail back into her family’s tragic past, it becomes clear someone is once again willing to kill to keep the past buried.

A confession. A hidden story. No one wants to know the truth.