The Abbey Close

As the armies of Henry VIII and James V prepare for battle, Catholic exile Simon Danforth must decide his loyalties. Cast out of England, he is drawn by private grief to a secretive Scottish Abbey, and the mystery of a missing girl who worked there.Though Paisley and its Abbey refuse to give up their secrets, they do give up their dead.

In the tense and suspicious atmosphere of a nation at war, Danforth, in an uneasy alliance with his dogged colleague, Arnaud Martin, uncovers murder, madness, and sexual desire infecting the sacred house and its neighbouring town.With the fate of his adoptive country hanging in the balance, does he dare to uncover the unimaginable truth?

Some secrets may be better left buried.

The Abbey Close is the first book in a new historical crime series, featuring Simon Danforth.