Peter Pascoe is in shock: A weekend in the country with old friends turns into a nightmare when he finds three of them dead and the missing fourth a prime suspect with the local police.

Peter Pascoe is in shock: A weekend in the country with old friends turns into a nightmare when he finds three of them dead and the missing fourth a prime suspect with the local police. They want his cooperation, and Superintendent Andy Dalziel wants him back in Yorkshire, where a string of unsolved burglaries is getting out of hand.