阿玛拉·阿特瓦

故事发生在虚构的威尔士小镇莫法·哈伦（Morfa Halen）。这个紧密团结的社区岌岌可危地坐落在巍峨群山和不断逼近的海水之间，海洋正威胁着它的生存。 　　一场百年一遇的风暴正在远海酝酿，前侦探、现任教师杰基·埃利斯（Jackie Ellis）发现了她8岁学生塞芬（Cefin）的尸体，塞芬似乎是溺亡的。这一发现震惊了整个社区，也唤醒了三年前震惊小镇的一桩悬案——杰基的侄女内莎（Nessa）的失踪，这桩案件也断送了她的职业生涯。 　　塞芬的死让杰基的前搭档，侦探埃里克·布尔（Eric Bull）重返莫法·哈伦，负责调查这桩他曾经失败过的案件。杰基和布尔确信这些案件彼此关联，他们必须和解，争分夺秒地揭开莫尔法深埋已久的秘密，以免风暴来临，所有证据都永远消失。

John is a repressed man who is shocked to find himself in middle age, secretly raging at his life as a stay-at-home dad. 　　When his failure to intervene in a violent confrontation in a playground brings his identity crisis to a head, John ups and moves his family to the rural idyll of Coldwater, as far away from London as possible. 　　Upon arrival, John is quickly befriended by next-door neighbour Tommy, a charming, confident man, devoted husband to the local vicar Rebecca. He is a man of faith, a pillar of the community and self-appointed leader of the village’s all-male book group. 　　John is both impressed and slightly fascinated by Tommy. His wife Fiona despises him. As a successful former chef hoping to launch a new venture in Coldwater, Fiona sees the move as an opportunity to leave the past behind them. To not only re-build their lives as a family but re-ignite the long-lost spark in their fading marriage. When her husband’s relationship with their enigmatic new neighbour becomes increasingly intense, Fiona’s suspicions are aroused. She is unconvinced Tommy is all he seems to be. 　　But John remains blissfully unaware that Tommy is harbouring horrifying secrets, and it’s only after a series of unsettling incidents start to occur that John begins to wonder who the real Tommy actually is. 　　And when John’s long-repressed rage comes to a head with disastrous results, he soon finds himself unexpectedly indebted to his new friend. 　　This is the story of a normal man, in a normal marriage, who finds himself in a far from normal situation. A man who discovers a newfound sense of his own power, right at the moment he falls under the influence of someone incredibly dangerous.

John is a repressed man who is shocked to find himself in middle age, secretly raging at his life as a stay-at-home dad.　　When his failure to intervene in a violent confrontation in a playground brings his identity crisis to a head, John ups and moves his family to the rural idyll of Coldwater, as far away from London as possible.