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All journalist Jack Myers wants is a relaxing Irish holiday. Retreating from his demanding job as a foreign correspondent, he thinks he's found the perfect escape – the stately St Peter's Manor, perched on the edge of Lough Derg in County Tipperary, just in time for Ireland's longest heatwave.
When a mysterious drowning occurs during the annual Midsummer Ball, Jack's instincts tell him something isn't quite right. A commodore who vanished a decade earlier, a tight-knit group of childhood friends harbouring old secrets, and motives as tangled as the lakeside reeds.
As the heatwave presses down on this tranquil corner of Ireland, tensions rise – and in a small village where everyone has something to hide, the truth may be the most dangerous discovery of all.
