Die junge und kluge Tierärztin Clara Benning lebt ein Einsiedlerleben. Doch als ein Mann an einem vermeintlichen Schlangenbiss stirbt, seine Leiche aber eine viel zu hohe Konzentration des Giftes aufweist, wird sie in die Ermittlungen herein gezogen. Clara stößt in ihrem Dorf auf ein verlassenes Haus, eine alte Tragödie, über die niemand reden will, und archaische Rituale. Jemand will um jeden Preis die Wahrheit in Vergessenheit lassen - auch wenn er dafür töten muss.
'A cracking story' Guardian
You know that feeling? The one that makes you want to glance over your shoulder?
All Clara Benning wants is a peaceful life asa wildlife vet, and to hide her disfigurement from the world.
But now she doesn't have a choice.
Because a man has died from a suspicious snake bite, and Clara's concern leads her to the abandoned house at the end of the lane, and an unspeakable tragedy that occured half a century ago.
'A cracking story' Guardian
You know that feeling? The one that makes you want to glance over your shoulder?
All Clara Benning wants is a peaceful life asa wildlife vet, and to hide her disfigurement from the world.
But now she doesn't have a choice.
Because a man has died from a suspicious snake bite, and Clara's concern leads her to the abandoned house at the end of the lane, and an unspeakable tragedy that occured half a century ago.