The last thing you need when you're on holiday is to become involved in a murder. For most people, that would easily qualify as the holiday from hell. For George Gently, it is a case of business as usual. The Chief Inspector's quiet Easter break in Norchester is rudely interrupted...
When a timber merchant is found stabbed in the city of Norchester, the local police find an obvious suspect in his son. But Inspector Gently soon realizes that there is more to it than appears on the surface and sacrifices his holiday to prove his suspicions correct, and require...