The Colony

In the shadow of the Andes the peaceful Welsh community of Trevilan is shaken to its core by the brutal dismemberment of a popular figure. Only a local will truly understand the ways of this proud people and so the Argentine police send Inspector Luis Davies to investigate.

What he finds is a wall of silence - cheerful, co-operative and hospitable silence. And then the victim's head turns up, caught by a photographer in a lucky shot which electrifies the world’s media and causes a stampede to this remote and dusty corner of Patagonia.

Anna Heuston finds herself controlling the media scrum and is drawn in to a deadly feud which points to the Falklands War. How is it related to the man’s murder and why is she kidnapped?

As the police try and fathom the connections, the killer remains free and Anna lies hooded and afraid...