It was supposed to be a holiday. It won't be.

Unlike the neighbouring properties, whose idea of seclusion was a simple wooden fence or neatly clipped hedge, the perimeter of vegetation surrounding this one put Albert in mind of the Tyrannosaur's enclosure from Jurassic Park. He thought the very house looked as if it were trying to hide. Albert loved it so much he asked Sue to visit; he said it would be good for her, especially after what she'd been through. But Sue declined. Had she known then what she knew now, she would have refused that photograph, as well...

Deep in the English countryside, during the hottest year in living memory, five violent and seemingly unrelated deaths rock the tiny village of Blackbriar to its core. The last to die is a gifted ten-year-old named Alice Williams.

Now, years later, an elderly couple enjoying a long summer holiday in the old Williams' place find a girl's necklace in the weeds. They should have left it there.

DOVES AND CROWS is a tale of fear and courage, fidelity and betrayal, and of what happens when the inhabitants of a tiny country backwater find themselves in the grip of a man so evil he can only be the devil himself.

“Heathcote’s writing is exceptionally fluid and effortlessly delivers” - Literary Titan

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