Publisher's Synopsis
"Jolly good reading for traditional British mystery buffs." MERITORIOUS MYSTERIES On a remote, fog-enshrouded estate in the North York Moors, a murderer lays a cunning trap. The prey, it seems, is Dickie Dinsdale, the greedy landowner who bulldozes people's lives like so many old barns. Easily a dozen residents of Blackamoor would derive pleasure from his slow, painful death. But, Detective-Chief Superintendent Erskine Powell asks himself, which of them is bold enough to do the deed? Suspects are as thick as grouse in summer, and bringing down a killer on the wing is very tricky - even for a pro like Powell...
