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With this, the tenth Simon Serrailler crime novel, Simon must engage with his own demons as Lafferton struggles to cope with some crimes that threaten the sanctity of hearth and house.

On the face of it DCS Simon Serrailler has already established time to extract after the violent incident that cost him his arm, and nearly his life. He’s back in funnel at Lafferton CID, but can be spending his spare time high up in the cathedral roofing, producing drawings of some medieval angels about The Benefit of Hindsight: Simon Serrailler Reserve 10 which are being restored.

Lafferton is apparently going right through a quiet patch, so far as crime is concerned, until one evening two neighborhood men open their entry way to a distressing scene. Simon makes a serious error of wisdom when handling the incident. The stress of this, combined with reality that he refused all gives of counselling following the lack of his arm, takes its toll.

In her new role as an exclusive GP, Simon’s sister Cat’s medical and counselling skills are tested by terrible and unexpected events at the homes of two very different Lafferton women. Their unreliable father, Richard, has came back to live close by, in a luxury house for the well-heeled over sixties. It isn’t long before he’s up to his previous tricks.