A rare week off with his family is rudely interrupted when Slider is
called in to investigate the murder of an elderly man, bashed on the
head with a bronze statuette, in what Doc Cameron describes as 'our old
friend the Frenzied Attack'.
Lionel Bygod, retired solicitor, was an old-fashioned gentleman, a
pillar of society, who gave advice and help to all, from the highest to
the lowest. But as Slider and his team investigate, they discover dark
secrets at the heart of this mild and kindly man's life. Shadows from
the past - professional enemies - long-incubated revenge: what was it
that sparked such unquenchable fury? The trail is old and cold, and
Slider's on the clock . . .