Berebury golf course is an unlikely setting for a murder. But when golfing beginner Helen Ewell goes in search of her wayward golf ball in the dreaded ‘Hells Bells’ bunker she is not prepared for the horrible surprise that lies buried beneath the soft sand…

The discovery of a body draws Detective Inspector Sloan and Detective Constable Crosby into an intriguing new case that is more challenging than scoring a hole in one. The team soon discovers that the body belonged to a healthy young man who had suffered a heavy blow to the head. The investigators are no closer to solving the crime when they become caught up in an issue that has divided the Golf Club Committee. Yet it is here that the solution slowly begins to reveal itself…