A murdered undertaker. A missing clockmaker. A family secret.
In life, eccentric aristocrat Lady Frances Capel was known for her habit of setting challenging puzzles, but the problem she leaves behind after her death looks unsolvable. When the undertaker is found dead at her funeral, DCI Jude Satterthwaite is left with a headache for a whole host of reasons, and a case hed very much rather not be working on.
Judes suspicions that the key to the mystery lies in Lady Francess will and with a decades-old family secret are confirmed when he receives a cryptic message from reclusive local clockmaker Gil Foley, but when he follows up Gil has vanished. Convinced that this has something to do with the undertakers death, Jude finds the stakes raised sky-high when he realises that his ex-partner, Becca Reid, is involved in Gils disappearance.
With both Becca and Gil in grave danger, Jude and his colleague DS Ashleigh OHalloran find themselves in a race against the clock. Can they solve the mystery before time runs out and a second life is lost?
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A murdered undertaker. A missing clockmaker. A family secret.
In life, eccentric aristocrat Lady Frances Capel was known for her habit of setting challenging puzzles, but the problem she leaves behind after her death looks unsolvable. When the undertaker is found dead at her funeral, DCI Jude Satterthwaite is left with a headache for a whole host of reasons, and a case hed very much rather not be working on.
Judes suspicions that the key to the mystery lies in Lady Francess will and with a decades-old family secret are confirmed when he receives a cryptic message from reclusive local clockmaker Gil Foley, but when he follows up Gil has vanished. Convinced that this has something to do with the undertakers death, Jude finds the stakes raised sky-high when he realises that his ex-partner, Becca Reid, is involved in Gils disappearance.
With both Becca and Gil in grave danger, Jude and his colleague DS Ashleigh OHalloran find themselves in a race against the clock. Can they solve the mystery before time runs out and a second life is lost?