What Lies Beneath: A current of fear ripples through this mesmerising novel

'Superb' Alison Weir, bestselling author of The Captive Queen

When the village of Priors Bramley was shut off in the 1950s so that the area could be used for chemical weapons-testing during the Cold War, a long history of dark secrets was also closed off to the outside world. Now, sixty years later, the village has been declared safe again, but there are those living in nearby Bramley who would much rather that the past remain hidden.

When the village is reopened, Ella Haywood, who used to ...