When a kayaker dies in a flood, Detective Skelgill develops dark suspicions about the incident. But who among the man’s wife, neighbors, creditors, and spurned lovers was ultimately responsible for his death?
A decaying body is found deep in the woods — but to detective Skelgill’s resolute mind, the clues just don’t add up. Could this town have room for more than one cunning killer?
At a writer’s retreat by an English lake, a suspicious death arouses Detective Inspector Skelgill’s curiosity. With bizarre clues amassing, he races to crack the mystery — before the killer strikes again.