The Crossing : Thomas & Mercer : 9781542006156 : 1542006155 : 14 Feb 2020 : An Amazon Charts bestseller. In a small town full of secrets, everyone&;s a suspect. When a body is discovered, bled dry on a beach, the sleepy seaside town of Weston-super-Mare wakes up to a nightmare. For Detective Inspector Louise Blackwell, recently transferred to the town she last saw as a child, it&;s her first case on the job. The victim&;Veronica Lloyd, an elderly volunteer at a local church&;has puncture wounds to her hands. When a priest is found killed in a nearby church in a similarly grisly condition, it becomes clear that Blackwell is dealing with a righteous and bloody murderer. But the victims aren&;t random. The killer has a vendetta and is hell-bent on exacting twisted revenge for a dark secret dating back years&;and there are more murders planned. As the body count rises, Blackwell faces a race against time to solve the mystery of the murderer&;s identity and put an end to the carnage. Sh