No one expected a murder. A hotel in Cornwall. A few days of peace and quiet by the sea. Dan Corrigan was looking forward to the change of scene. But he can't help burrowing beneath the surface of every situation, and among his fellow guests there's a rich seam of secrecy and deceit. Then the cryptic typewritten notes start to appear. And when the fabric of truth begins to unravel, it's up to Dan to piece together the facts, one thread at a time. Some secrets should never be kept. But when they're too terrible to tell, all that's left is revenge. And it seems that, after all, the scene is set for a mystery