Father Brian Kelly walks the Katoomba lookouts at night. He tries to help people who stand too close to the edge. He has seen enough of the world's darkness — running an orphanage in one of South Africa's most dangerous regions, an attack that cost him his leg — to know that people in trouble need someone to show up.
Then a petty criminal accuses the priest of abusing him years ago. Paul Ruel finds himself investigating a man many regard as a saint, and the town divides.
He seeks help from his friend Bella Greaves, but she has her own problems: she’s turned 60 and her job at the newspaper is under threat. The Mountains in winter are no place to feel uncertain about your future.
"I hate finishing one of Michael Duffy's books because I always want more ... he brilliantly captures the moodiness and expanse of the landscape and the unique anachronism that is Katoomba." — Good Reading Magazine
