Death on the Common - Maeve Miller

"A bridesmaid vanishes from a wedding reception... and hours later is found dead on the common."

The summer of '95 is the hottest Brythgate has seen in years.

On the edge of town, the dry grass of Tipley Common hides a terrible discovery: the body of a young bridesmaid who vanished only hours earlier from a wedding reception at the local social club.

Detective Inspector Michael Harper has barely settled into his new post when the investigation begins. With quiet expectations gathering around him and assistance arriving from outside the town, Harper soon finds himself navigating a case far more tangled than it first appears.

In Brythgate, family ties run deep and old resentments linger close to the surface. The victim was known to everyone at the reception-the groom was her brother, the guests her neighbours, friends and rivals.

And somewhere among them is a killer who believes the truth will remain buried on the common.

Set against the heat and unease of a long English summer, Death on the Common is a classic small-town whodunit filled with secrets, suspicion and a twist you won't see coming.