For Deputy Chief Constable the Thursday night football game at a local gym has been an unbroken ritual for twenty-five years Until a former player is found murdered in a manner that shocks even a veteran like Skinner, and suddenly the Thursday Legends have more to worry about than aching backs and dodgy knees Former Head of Special Branch Alec Smith made plenty of enemies during a long career, but as Skinner???s investigation gathers pace, everything points to the Legends themselves Is someone targeting this disparate group of colleagues and friends in some bizarre scheme of retribution? Or is the murderer one of them?