A brand-new Chief inspector Hennessey and Sergeant Yellich mystery, following Deathtrap and Perils and Dangers He had 'victim' written all over him...
Out searching for buried treasure in a private wood one June day, lonely Michael Jolly makes a disturbing find: a bone attached to a bone attached to a skull. Convinced that he'll receive a reward for discovering a missing person, Jolly is quick to call the police. And soon Chief Inspector Hennessey and Sergeant Yellich make an appearance at the scene of this decades-old crime.
While Hennessey and Yellich try to piece together the mystery surrounding the thirty-year-old human remains, Margaret South - devoted wife and magistrate - is haunted by the unlovable face of bullies' favourite Norris Smith... Whatever did happen to him that unnervingly quiet night?
