A Perception of Sin is a dark tale of forbidden sex, loneliness and love.
The story begins in modern-day London with a suicide bomb attack aboard an underground train. During the subsequent forensic investigation DNA taken from one of the adult victims, Kasha Hughes, is flagged up as a match to a Cold Case blood sample, dating back 25 years.
The case is re-opened with chilling consequences.
Crushed by the betrayal of her husband and best friend, DCI Logan is forced to put her private life on hold while she investigates the remains of an unknown murder victim buried 25 years earlier. With her new DC, Tristan Fry, who has joined the police force for all the wrong reasons, her enquiries soon lead to Maggi Drew’s door.
Maggi readily admits to burying the body along with her same-sex partner, Norah, and their gay best friend, Jonny, although she will not reveal the body’s identity until Logan has heard her account of the murder.
As the story unravels so do the lives of Logan and Fry as they lose the battle to remain professional, causing their personal emotions to colour their judgements.
This eagerly awaited second novel by award winning author Juliet Cromwell explores what hate can make us do when forced to face true evil.
In the shadowy underbelly of the Spanish criminal world, a battle rages for control over the cocaine trade. Caught in the crossfire is Joseph, a boy who's deaf, torn from the only life he's known. His English mother, desperate to save him, sends Joseph on a perilous journey along the Camino de Santiago, leading him to his estranged grandfather, Fish. An ex-squaddie and Chief Warder of the Tower of London, a fortress, like Fish, steeped in history and secrets.
Joseph's arrival in this formidable new world marks the beginning of an extraordinary journey. Far from the warmth of his Spanish home, he grapples with grief and isolation. But within the Tower's cold shadows, unexpected friendships blossom. Joseph finds solace in the company of the Ravenmaster and Ivy, a sign language teacher who becomes his window into a hearing society. Though even more mysterious, the Castle's ancient ghosts whisper secrets, forging a bond with Joseph that transcends his silent world.
As danger from Joseph's past inches closer, Fish and his two best mates are compelled to set aside their preconceptions and step beyond their regimented lives as they confront not just physical danger but their own personal demons, too. Together, with Joseph's newfound allies, they step into a world where the lines between the living and the dead blur, where courage is found in the most unexpected places, and where, eventually, Joseph, at great cost, must find the answer to end this ruthless war.
