A tragic double homicide, or a hidden serial killer? Sergeant Alice Morrow is determined to solve a mystery spanning sixty years.

When Evelyn Massey is found dead in her home, it seems like an open-and-shut case: Evelyn was one hundred years old — natural causes. But Sergeant Alice Morrow learns that traces of poison were found in Mrs. Massey’s blood. Then the remains of a body some sixty years deceased are discovered in the dead woman’s basement.

Two murders, decades apart. Are they connected?

In the second book in Shane Peacock’s award-winning Northern Gothic Mystery series, Morrow and former NYPD homicide detective Hugh Mercer unearth stunning truths about Evelyn Massey’s life and learn of other disappearances over the past sixty years. Was a serial killer quietly at work in this Ontario town? Could the murderer still be among its citizens, hidden in plain sight?

• A double homicide investigation soon reveals the possibility of one or more serial killers hiding in a small, remote town in northern Ontario.
• A sequel to the acclaimed mystery As We Forgive Others, which was named a Loan Stars Adult Canadian top pick and described as perfect for “readers who enjoy well-plotted mysteries and police procedurals, such as those by Michael Connelly and Louise Penny” (Booklist).
• While the first in this series follows the troubled ex–homicide detective Hugh Mercer, this gritty and gripping second entry is told through the perspective of his partner, local police sergeant Alice Morrow.
• Shane Peacock is a renowned Libris and Arthur Ellis Award-winning children’s and YA author, best known for The Boy Sherlock Holmes series.
• In the spirit of the Inger Ash Wolfe crime novels, the Northern Gothic Mysteries is an ideal introduction to the world of darker Canadian mysteries, presenting a more complex and intense depiction of Canada.
• Shane Peacock is a seven-time winner of the Junior Library Guild of America Selection, twice winner of the Arthur Ellis Award, has been shortlisted for the Governor-General’s Award, three times for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book prize, and has been named to Kirkus Reviews’ annual Best Books list.