Ned Bunn wasn’t popular in the sleepy village of Enderby. But when he is murdered in plain sight, on the doorstep of his own shop, the town is left reeling.

With the murder weapon in hand and no shortage of motives, Inspector Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is expecting an easy case. But one look at the victim’s family reveals a tangled web of secrets and deceit and the looming threat of another murder.

As the case unravels Littlejohn finds himself faced with in an unexpected dilemma. Someone clearly has a vendetta against the Bunn family but is the enemy a stranger… or does the danger lie within?

‘Pure British detective story’ – The New York Times