Publisher's Synopsis
"Connolly does the chill factor brilliantly." DAILY MIRROR In 1693, the settlers on the small Maine island of Sanctuary were betrayed to their enemies and slaughtered. Since then, the island has known only peace - until now. For men are descending on Sanctuary to hunt down and kill the wife of their leader and retrieve the money that she stole from him. All that stands in their way are a young rookie officer, Sharon Macy, and the island's strange, troubled policeman, the giant known as Melancholy Joe Dupree. But Dupree is no ordinary policeman. He is the guardian of the island's secrets. He knows that Sanctuary has been steeped in blood once; it will tolerate the shedding of innocent blood no longer. All hell is about to break loose...
