The sins of the past echo in the present in the new literary thriller from crime-critic favourite, Rachael Blok.

The wind is cold this high up. The man shouts out, but nobody hears. The cathedral roof has caught his fall, but it will not hold him for long. The night is dark. And it is such a long way down...

With Easter approaching, the verger of St Albans cathedral was supposed to be preparing the holiday service. Instead he discovers a man lying dead, fallen from the famous fifty-foot high tower. Did he jump, or was he pushed?

For DCI Maarten Jansen, it's a simple case of suspected suicide. Until a stranger, Willow, who witnessed the jump, prompts a deeper investigation into a long-buried past, involving a psychiatric hospital, a pregnant woman, and fifty years of silence. As Willow's own family history entwines with the case, Jansen starts to wonder how everything is connected.

The Fall is a haunting literary thriller about loss, trauma, silence, and how our past shapes who we are.

Praise for Rachael Blok:

'From the atmospheric and chilling prologue, The Fall held me tight in its thrall until the spine-tingling conclusion' Sam Holland
'Gripping, twisty and immensely satisfying' Daily Mail
'An emotionally charged thriller that plays on the tragic humanity of its characters' Irish Times
'A blistering mystery; the dark secrets lurking in the short summer shadows kept me turning the pages long into the night' Erin Kelly
'Richly textured... An engrossing and twisty procedural' Sunday Times
'A classic mystery that sizzles with suspense' Woman's Weekly

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