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When an old man dies in an arson attack, it's left to Detective Chief Inspector John Blizzard to investigate. But his inquiry becomes more complicated when several other old men perish in similar blazes. As Blizzard searches for answers, the shadow of a persistent arsonist who terrorized the city twenty years before hangs over him. The attacks have all the hallmarks of Reginald Marsh, now locked away in a mental hospital for his crimes. Are the police dealing with a copycat killer or is Marsh, in some inexplicable way, returning to the city? For Blizzard and his sergeant, David Colley, to crack the case they will have to reveal a dark and deadly secret...
Reluctantly embroiled in what seems to be a routine burglary, Detective Chief Inspector John Blizzard is intrigued when he is confronted by a name from the past. However, intrigue is rapidly replaced by consternation when burglary turns to murder and Blizzard and his team face a race against time to prevent the killer striking again. As fear grips the villages near the northern city of Hafton, Blizzard and his loyal sidekick, Detective Sergeant David Colley, are plunged into a world where past meets present and no one is quite what they seem. Can they solve the mystery before too many others pay with their lives to keep a secret?
When sixteen skeletons are unearthed near an old prisoner-of-war camp outside the northern city of Hafton, it seems like a straightforward case for Detective Chief Inspector John Blizzard. With all indicators pointing to natural deaths from influenza during the First World War, there seems little to concern modern-day detectives. But Blizzard's instincts tell him something is wrong. As he investigates the case alongside his colleague, Sergeant David Colley, they find themselves revealing dark secrets concealed for more than fifty years. And for John Blizzard it'll mean confronting demons from his own past.