In Yorkshire, police officers Andrew Dalziel and Peter Pascoe descend on the village of Enscombe to investigate the disappearance of a fellow policeman. Was he murdered, or did he run off with a woman? By the author of The Nine Tailors.

On t.p.: A Dalziel/Pascoe mystery. What appears to be a simple murder case becomes more complicated as Pascoe and Dalziel peel away layer after layer of untruth.