When it started all over again…
Chief Inspector Mackenzie was not at all amused to discover an expert forensic anthropologist had guided them to the body but neglected to say what he knew. The set of photographs he left with David Hunter were both repulsive and professionally compelling. Old habits die hard and he found himself remorselessly following protocol and making use of techniques unique to his calling.
He established that different knives had been used to kill the dog and the woman, Sally Palmer, and at different times. He also showed Mackenzie it is possible to recover fingerprints from a decomposing body. Then a second victim goes missing. The search for her is hampered by tricks and traps so that Lynn Metcalfe still suffers in the same way. The contents of a shallow grave point to a different killer and the past, but shed no light on the current troubles of the village.