A brand new novel featuring Wexford, now retired and an unpaid Crime Solutions Advisor. When the local vicar Sarah Hussain is murdered in Kingsmarkham, Wexford's old friend Mike Burden asks him to help with the case. Burden tends to jump to conclusions, but is wise enough to listen to the man whose office he inherited. Rendell's novels have sold more than 8 million copies in the UK, and she is best known for her Wexford mysteries.