Nina Cattermole had an unusual death: head-butted by a horse as she
protested against the local Devon hunt. The official verdict? It was a
freak accident. But when another hunt saboteur is found dead in a ditch
on the day of Nina's funeral, local DC Den Cooper is sent to
investigate.
It soon becomes clear that this is not another accident. Charlie Gratton
has been trampled to death by a horse, the blows struck with such
precision that they could only have been delivered by an animal under
the control of an experienced rider. It seems that Charlie, a practising
Quaker, has been murdered. As Den tries to solve the case he finds
himself drawn in to an insular Quaker community and a village divided by
loyalties and past misdeeds....