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The body of a Chinese man has been discovered hanging from a cross in a churchyard in Brimstone Hill in the West Fens. The inquest into the deaths of two tramps found in a flooded ditch has unearthed some shocking findings. A series of metal thefts is plaguing the area. And PC Stokely Powell has requested Philip Dryden's help in solving a ten-year-old cold case involving a series of violent art thefts culminating in a horrifying murder. As Dryden...

Journalist Philip Dryden is shocked to be informed by police that his father has been killed in a car accident during the fenland floods of 1977, 35 years before. At the same time, two unrelated cases are demanding Drydens professional attention: a body riddled with bullets found hanging in the middle of a lettuce field, and a couple protesting that the local council has buried their baby daughter in a paupers grave without permission. As Dryden pieces...