MARRIAGE CAN BE MURDER . . .
Married couple Allegra and Brian are found shot dead in their luxurious
converted-barn home on the banks of the River Richington.
Detective Inspector Jack Dawes is called to investigate. It seems Brian
shot his wife and then turned the shotgun on himself.
Allegra was a hot-shot divorce lawyer, known to sleep around. She always
described Brian as her 'starter marriage'. He was a music teacher whose
colleagues refuse to believe he could have done such a heinous thing.
Then disgraced magistrate Felix 'Butcher' Barrington is found hanged
from a tree in Kings Copse. And forensic evidence connects him to the
double murder of the unfortunate couple.
Every time Jack starts thinking he's cracked this fiendish case, he
uncovers a new tangle of secrets and lies. And now fungus hunters have
dug out one more secret . . .