Set in 1961, this third tale in the Suffolk trilogy takes florist Felix Smythe and close friend Professor Cedric Dillworthy to Southwold once more.
London florist Felix Smythe and his friend Professor Cedric Dillworthy are Suffolk-bound once more. But their hopes of a trouble-free visit are dashed by the gruesome murder of a highly-respected resident - an event which seems to be sinisterly lined with a bizarre killing in Cambridge of a cleric with murky proclivities.
The task of sifting truth from falsehood is made complicated by a bevy of local eccentrics, and the shadow over Southwold looms far, menacing visitor and resident alike, and leads to alarming results