The men who were read a ghost story by the great writer M.R. James in the years prior to the Great War are twenty-five years later being murdered, with Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose out for the answers Chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books of 2017Josephine Tey is in Cambridge, a town gripped by fear and suspicion as a serial rapist stalks the streets, and in the shadow of King's College Chapel, Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose faces some of the most horrific and audacious murders of his career.