Publisher's Synopsis
The tenants in Lois Meade's terraced house in Tresham, have left because of the old man next door's pet rooster, an early riser with a very piercing voice. Lois is relieved when her elder son Douglas gets a new job in Tresham and asks to rent the house on Gordon Street. But peculiar things are happening on the street: the grocery store was recently robbed, and odd comings and goings are happening in the home of Mrs Blairgowrie, the elderly woman who claims to be blind. When the old man and his rooster are found dead, Lois' son seems to be inexplicably tied up with the events and it takes all of Lois' investigative skills to ferret out the truth... (web)
