What do you say when your people have been murdered? How do you feel when the police stall and your in-laws' names are displayed on a memorial wall? How does a minister respond to sweet-sounding words of comfort, subtle warnings to forgive, the silence of the church, and the absence of colleagues?

Pietersen's debut is a true story with unforgettable characters, as gripping as brilliant crime fiction, full of humour and bitter irony. It explores the path of people reeling from loss and searching for God through a landscape of violence. Grace lives in fragile places, the author discovers. And angels wear work clothes.

“As a journalist, I reported objectively on the court case following the brutal farm murder of the Human couple from Great Brak River. Their son-in-law writes rawly and honestly about the echoes that refuse to be silenced and wounds that do not stop bleeding. Moving. Gripping.”
– Susan Puren, freelance journalist, TV director.
“This book arrives just in time. It is what we need.”
– Carla van der Spuy, author, journalist.