When Michael McGinnis and Hilda Gilmour return from holiday to find two plainclothes police officers waiting for them outside their secluded East Lothian cottage it marks the start of a terrifying journey. The police have had an anonymous tip-off about child pornography being stored on Michael's computer. It's easy to prove his innocence but who would do such a thing and why? At the same time it becomes clear that someone was living in the cottage while they were away, and may still be returning when they are both out. As the couple try to find some answers and uncover the identity of the mysterious intruder they soon get sucked into a world of violence and organized crime. The police warn them not to get involved, but when they no longer feel safe in their own home they decide to take action, with devastating consequences...
Author Biography
John Skelton was an ordained priest and rector. He was poet laureate at the University of Oxford and Cambridge University, a court poet for King Henry VII, and a tutor to King Henry VIII. Gerald Hammond is a professor of English at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Fleeting Things and The Making of the English Bible, and the editor of Selected Poems: Richard Lovelace.
