Laura Heeley was just an average mother of two, but at the age of
thirty-eight her life was swiftly taken from her, stabbed in the
back on her way home from bingo. Colinette Jones was a popular,
attractive and intelligent student, but she has been strangled, her
body dumped on the roadside. What is the connection between the two
victims? Detective Inspector Charlie Priest must solve the mystery,
though with no clear motive and police movements constricted by
foot-and-mouth disease, this proves an increasingly frustrating
task. As the number of victims mounts, it becomes clear to Priest
that this could be his biggest challenge yet...