Wycliffe tackles a case which reaches back down the generations ...

When Cedric Tremain is charged with murdering his father by booby-trapping his fishing boat, all the locals are agreed that he is an unlikely murderer. But the case against him is strong: he has the motive, the opportunity and the know-how; not to mention the fact that there is some hard circumstantial evidence against himSo Cedric is arrested.

But Chief Superintendent Wycliffe has a strong sense that something about the case just doesn''t fit. As he quietly continues his investigations a confusing picture emerges. Twenty years ago Cedric''s cousin was convicted of strangling his girlfriend and served fourteen years of a commuted death sentence

While the wheels of justice begin to grind Wycliffe searches for a link between past and present ¿

Format Häftad Omfång 208 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Orion Publishing Co Utgivningsdatum 2007-11-01 ISBN 9780752881867