London, 1929. In the darkness before dawn, a railway porter, unloading a special train from Yorkshire, discovers a man's body, shot and placed in a sack. There are no means of identification to be found and as Scotland Yard hits a dead end, they call on the inimitable Kate Shackleton, a local sleuth, confident her local knowledge and investigative skills will produce results. But it's no easy task. Suspicion of political intrigue and fears of unrest in the Yorkshire coalfields impose secrecy on her already difficult task. The murder of a shopkeeper around the same time seems too much of a coincidence. The convicted felon was found with blood on his hands, but it's too tidy, and Kate becomes convinced the police have the wrong man. By then it's too late. Kate finds herself in a den of vipers. The real killer is still at large, and having tinkered with Kate's car, nearly causes her to crash. Not only that, but Scotland Yard has turned their back on her. As Kate edges toward the shocking truth, she's going to need all the strength and resourcefulness she can muster to uncover this sinister web of deceit.
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Frances Brody is a pseudonym for Frances McNeil, scriptwriter, playwright, novelist, and winner of the Elizabeth Elgin Award for best new saga of the millennium. Her stage plays have been toured by several theater companies with Jehad nominated for a Time Out Award.
Anne Dover has recorded many audiobooks, as well as appearing on radio and television—Emmerdale Farm, Book Tower, Brideshead Revisited, A Kind of Loving. She’s happily married and shares an old cottage in a small Yorkshire village with her husband, her son, an English setter, a large French lop rabbit, and an equally large and hairy cat.