Salvation Hall

By Mariah Kingdom

There have been Lancefields at Salvation Hall since wealthy sugar planter Thomas Moses Lancefield acquired the Cornish manor house and its estates in 1738. But the Lancefield family are a dying breed – in every sense of the word.

Invited to Penzance to curate the reclusive family’s dubious heritage, Kathryn Clifton thinks she has stumbled upon the academic opportunity of a lifetime. But within hours of her arrival at Salvation Hall, the heir to the family’s extensive fortunes is found dead in the ornamental lake, and Kathryn finds herself drawn into a police investigation.

Called in to find Lucy Lancefield’s killer, Detective Chief Inspector Ennor Price finds all the evidence – and the family – pointing to an obvious suspect. But Price has never been one to settle for low-hanging fruit, and the Lancefield family tree is hiding more than its fair share of secrets and lies.