The tenth Richard Jury novel in which the enigmatic detective investigates the murder of Nell Healey's husband at an inn called The Old Silent in West Yorkshire.
- ISBN10 074720229X
- ISBN13 9780747202295
- Publish Date 26 April 1990 (first published 1 January 1989)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 9 May 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Headline Publishing Group
- Imprint Headline Book Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 384
- Language English