When a retired local government officer is killed by a karate chop while strolling in a West Midland park, the police drag their heels and suppress information. The dead man's sole relative, an Australian historian, arrives in Britain in reponse to a peculiar letter from her grandfather and consults the old man's solicitor.
- ISBN10 070894728X
- ISBN13 9780708947289
- Publish Date 1 March 2003 (first published 24 November 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 October 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Ulverscroft
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 328
- Language English