𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓 In the crypt beneath St. Mary's Church, Jennie Patterson's body is found intact. Missing since 1990. Her tongue cut out. A sentence carved beside her: She's prettier when she doesn't talk. Detective Nyx Sinclair doesn't believe in coincidences. She believes in control, in the precise distance she keeps between herself and everything that could undo her. Ashworth wasn't part of the plan. Neither is Owen Warner. Detective Warner left something a part of him in Afghanistan. He came back to his birth town and tries to survive the best he can, keeping everyone at arm-length. Nyx Sinclair wasn't part of the plan either. Thrown together in this dying town, they will hunt a murderer and do everything to bring justice to Jennie. In the process, they might save each other. Or sink deeper. Because in Ashworth, they don't only bury bodies, they bury secrets. And digging them up has a price. Sometimes, that price is 𝐲𝐨𝐮.