The seventh novel in the Lydmouth crime series, from the prize-winning author of the Richard and Judy Book Club novel, The American Boy. Britain is basking in the warm glow of post-war tranquillity, but in the quiet town of Lydmouth, darker forces are at play. When retired GP, Dr Bayswater, is found dead with a gentleman's yellow kid glove gnawed by rats lying next to him, Detective Chief Inspector Richard Thornhill is drafted in to investigate. Bayswater had many enemies, notably Dr Connolly and a local lorry driver with a grudge and a need for money. With enough on his plate already, the last thing Thornhill needs is the arrival of Jill Francis to become acting editor of the Gazette, which does little to calm the storm . . .