**When the bodies don’t stay buried...**DCI Max Thatcher has had a long career but there is one case that has always haunted him. When a body turns up with the same M.O. as a killed Thatcher never caught, he’s wracked with guilt.There is a small glimmer of hope when Thatcher and his partner, DS Mills, find clues that lead to the victim’s ex-boyfriend. But a familiar friend soon throws off that theory with new information about the victim and her history.Thatcher knows second chances don’t come around often. He knows he will have another body on his conscience if he lets this killer slip through his fingers again. This book has been re-edited and proofed for errors and mistakes as of 31 July 2022.