Having been invited to spend Christmas in the country, fishing for pike,
Gently finds himself hunting a completely different predator when a
guest at Merely Hall, a nearby stately home, is found dead at the foot
of the grand staircase on Christmas morning.
At first the tragedy is assumed to be a simple accident, but Gently is
not one to jump to conclusions and is soon in no doubt whatsoever that
this was murder.
Merely produces the finest tapestries in England but the threads that
Gently must unravel in his investigation are more complex than any
weaver's design, with everyone from the lord of the manor to his most
lowly servant falling under suspicion.
Praise for Alan Hunter's Gently books:
'It is always a pleasure to look forward to another Gently book by Alan
Hunter ...' Police Review