A long-established female commune is the setting for this ingenious novel. Two sisters arrive at the Sussex home of their reclusive mother, who has died after ten years of no contact. Within days a woman’s body is found on the riverbank between the house and its nearest neighbour, the mysterious commune. No one knows whether the sect is sinister or merely eccentric, but there’s definitely a connection with the dead woman. Ashdown avoids stereotypes in this unusual novel...
