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When Leo Martindale, once a drunken scion of a wealthy family in Sutton‑in‑the‑Weald, is discovered frozen outside the seventeenth‑century estate he abandoned two decades earlier, the village is stunned. Inspector Luke Thanet suspects foul play rather than a tragic accident, and his inquiry reveals that almost every townsperson holds a grudge against the outcast. As Thanet digs into Leo’s secrets, he confronts a chilling conspiracy of silence, and the question becomes not only who killed the man but why the community would protect the killer.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Dorothy Simpson
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