About This Book
A man is found stabbed to death in the library of a vicarage. Who is he? What is his real background? Who murdered him? The location is Stretton Darknesse, a picturesque yet unremarkable Somerset village, resting in sight of Glastonbury Tor -- the eerie conical hill crowned with a small tower. Stretton's vicar is the Reverend Gregory Fortinbras, a tall, charismatic and manicured widower. Well liked and well-read but with a weakness for specialist literature. The lord of the manor is the aging, Sir John Pole, last of his family line, residing at, The Court, a grand country house. Private detective Cosmo Thor investigates but can he outwit Inspector Mears of Scotland Yard?