Lies, Secrets and Infidelity

By: Molly Cutpurse

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

A wounded detective. A seaside town hiding dark secrets. And a family where betrayal runs deeper than anyone dares imagine.

When Mr Cropper—a one-legged, one-eyed, and rather disreputable London private investigator—arrives in the summer of 1955 in Torquay, he allows locals to believe he’s a tourist looking to invest in business. But beneath his facade, Cropper has been hired by the young and attractive Dr April Fox to investigate the suspicious death of her elderly father, who seemed to have taken his own life, and the shocking near-burial of her mother.

As Cropper digs deeper into the Fox family’s affairs, he uncovers a tangled, sordid web of unlicensed distilleries, unwanted pregnancies, blackmail, adultery, and incest that belie the town’s genteel seaside reputation. The seemingly respectable funeral businesses and even the devout religious clergy are embroiled in secrets darker than anyone imagined.

With every revelation, Cropper comes closer to the heart of Torquay’s hidden corruption, exposing bitter betrayals and fractured families whose lies have festered behind closed doors for decades.