ISBN The Old Religion book Paperback 400 pages

WELCOME TO THE DARK HEART OF CORNWALL . . .'Waites brings all his storytelling talent and experience to this chilling tale' Lee Child'One of the very best crime writers we have' Mark BillinghamHe was running from his past.She was running from her future.Sometimes helping a stranger is the last thing you should do . . .The Cornish village of St Petroc is the sort of place where people come to hide. Tom Killgannon is one such person. An ex-undercover cop, Tom is in the Witness Protection Programme hiding from some very violent people and St Petroc's offers him a chance to live a safe and quiet life.Until he meets Lila. Lila is a seventeen-year-old runaway. When she breaks into Tom's house she takes more than just his money. His wallet holds everything about his new identity. He also knows that Lila is in danger from the travellers' commune she's been living at. Something sinister has been going on there and Lila knows more than she realises.But to find her he risks not only giving away his location to the gangs he's in hiding from, but also becoming a target for whoever is hunting Lila. 'A chilling slice of country noir. Great stuff' Mick Herron'A superbly atmospheric book full of menace andsecrets' Tom Wood'Martyn Waites is already crime fiction royalty . . . Tom Killgannon is one of the best new characters in modern fiction. I bloody loved this book' Steve Cavanagh

Martyn was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He has turned his hand to many occupations: market trader, bar manager, stand-up comic and teacher of drama to teenage ex-offenders. He trained at the Birmingham School of Speech & Drama and went on to play both policemen and villains in Inspector Morse, Spender and The Bill. He won the 2014 Grand Prix du Roman Noir Award for his novel Born Under Punches. Following critical success with his Martyn Waites titles, he then enjoyed commercial success with the books written under the pseudonym of Tania Carver.