In the quiet folds of the Ontario Highlands lies a secluded commune where peace is just a surface—and secrets run deep.

When a visiting priest turns up drowned in the river, the carefully maintained calm shatters. Professor Bevyn Jones, armed with a talent for exposing uncomfortable truths, teams up with Brother Kirk and Detective Watson to unravel what really happened. But the deeper Bevyn digs, the messier it gets. Every vow conceals a secret. Every member has something to hide. And someone is willing to kill to keep their past buried.

As Bevyn closes in on the truth, he discovers something far more dangerous than any mystery: the uncomfortable realities he's been running from his entire life.

Perfect for readers who crave atmospheric mysteries with psychological depth—where the setting is a character all its own, and no one is quite what they seem.

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