In the town of Burrowhead, something dark is brewing as the body of a local man is found stabbed to death in the playground and policewoman Georgie 's investigation into the crime begin to uncover a whole lot of ugliness hiding not so deep within the town inhabitants from homophobia to racism. On top of that, the long ago memories of the town seem to be haunting the ground and a sinister feeling is strong and ready to devour.

I listened to this book on audiobook and as a creepy, dark read it certainly hit the spot.

This book starts off with a bang with the discovery of the body of local psychiatrist Alexis by his policeman boyfriend Simon, and we are introduced to the small Burrowhead police team quickly from head honch Georgie, petite but fierce Trish, heartbroken Simon and forensics man Cal. As is typical of most crime books, we learn that there's many a thing going on in everyone's lives to make the case feel personal as Georgie battles with childhood memories, and struggled in her marriage and Trish cares for an elderly uncle battling dementia.

There's a lot going on this book in terms of town history, and it feels like a starter book that we are only on the tip of the iceberg so to speak. I definitely feel intrigued by what will happen in the final two books and how everything will come about - though I think I will pair them with a lighter read as I found this one just quite bleak and depressing as it was just dark in atmosphere and the ill feeling from the villages such as the racist attacks was just heavy at times as well.