A Place of Safety

Everyone deserves a second chance – or at least that's what ex-vicar Lionel Lawrence believes when he decides to open up the old rectory to a stream of young offenders. Lionel only wants to help these poor souls, but his good deed quickly spirals into a deadly mix of blackmail and murder.Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby is sure he knows who is behind the disappearance of Lionel's latest young charge. Will this elusive suspect prove to be the incarnation of evil itself?

'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie.' -- The Sunday Times of London
'Told in graceful prose and populated with carefully drawn characters, A Place of Safety is a marvelous treat.' -- The Denver Post
'[A Place of Safety] is cause for celebration ... Thoroughly charming.' -- Booklist

Caroline Graham is one of Britain's most successful writers and journalists. She is a highly respected royal commentator who was the youngest ever Woman's Editor at the Sun, where she earned her reputation as a formidable investigative reporter and established unrivalled royal contacts. She is now the US correspondent for the Mail on Sunday. John Hopkins is an English actor who played 'Sergeant Scott' in two series of Midsomer Murders. He’s known for playing 'Sir Francis Basset' in Poldark, as well as appearing in Endeavour, Merlin, Masters of the Air, and Spooks. John has lent his voice to dozens of video games including Final Fantasy XVI and Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, as well as the animated Netflix series Hilda and its follow up feature film Hilda and the Mountain King. He has appeared on stage across the UK in roles such as 'Caesar' in Antony and Cleopatra, 'Ben Hur' in the eponymous play, and will soon be seen in the first ever stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove.

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