- Murders occur in Crevecoeur Hall, a lavish Oxford estate where Hathaway's father was in service and he spent his boyhood.
- Dr Stephen Black is found murdered on a tour bus visiting Crevecoeur Hall, where Hathaway's father was once estate manager so the sergeant knows the family. The murder weapon,a candlestick,is found in the family chapel and the priest once knew the victim,who was seen in the grounds a week earlier by Hopkiss the butler and Lord Mortmaigne's nephew Philip. Then the current estate manager dies,an apparent suicide,and Black seems to have known his wife Linda,who left him six years earlier. Whilst Lewis fears Hathaway's friendship with the family -especially daughter Scarlett,making a wealthy marriage to save family fortunes - makes him partial and gives him leave Black's colleague Frances Woodville tells Lewis that Black was after alleged buried treasure,dating from the Civil War, at Crevecoeur Hall. No treasure is unearthed but dark family secrets are,relating to the actual fate of Linda and the reason for Black's death.—don @ minifie-1
- A man is found dead on a bus, murdered. Lewis and Hathaway's investigations lead them to Crevecoeur Hall, stately home of Lord Augustus Mortmaigne. The place has some fond memories for Hathaway as he lived there until he was 12. It also contains some familiar faces.—grantss
- DS Hathaway finds himself returning to Crevecoeur Hall, the estate where he lived until the age of 12 when his father was estate manager there. He and Di Lewis are investigating the death of Stephen Black who was found dead on the tour bus that had visited there that day. He is fondly received at the Hall by its head Augustus Mortmaigne and becomes re-acquainted childhood friends Scarlett Mortmaigne and Paul Hopkiss, now the butler. While a second death on the estate provides additional clues to the possible murderer, there are several suspects who may have had reason to commit murder. Lewis is able to determine that Stephen Black was on the trail of uncovering a legendary family treasure that he believed to be buried somewhere on the estate so greed could have been a motivation. The estate manager, Ralph Grahame, was abandoned by his wife some 8 years before leaving him alone to raise his daughter Briony so jealously and revenge-taking could be at the root of it all. Then there is also the shooting of Philip Coleman, Augustus' nephew, who was wounded during the re-enactment of a historic Civil War battle. While Hathaway thinks he has a fairly straightforward solution to the crimes, it's left to Lewis to come up with the correct conclusion to what is a far more complex set of murders.—garykmcd
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