Hidden Guilt

By Mr Mark Perry-Geddes

Meet Seth Cawdale. On the surface an ordinary man, with an ordinary life and ordinary aspirations. A good job, a happy marriage and normal kids, essentially enjoying the trappings of a very middle-class life.

Except... there's a dark episode from Seth's past. A respectful persona takes years to build, but that one blemish, that stain, from a distant decade can never be eradicated. An event, a moment of madness, lays only in abeyance.

But was it murder? Was it, Seth? Six friends' lunchtime drinks turn into an all-day bender. The next morning no-one remembers much. All they know is Sam Tait is missing. Fast forward a few weeks and a body is found. The police have suspects but never find the killer.

Forty years later has time finally caught up with the murderer? New evidence leads to a new investigation, under the watchful eye of DI Jenny Malone. Many have a motive, and each of the suspects have secrets they don't want to reveal.

As the plot unfolds an element of doubt creeps in. The answers might be more complicated than they appear. Someone holds hidden guilt for a hideous murder in the bleak parkland in Rodden Meadows, back in January 1983... but will they ever be caught?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HBBQBTF8
• ISBN13: 9798258469632
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"