Reverend Nicholas Lawrence has just moved to Lakehurst where he is to
take up his first posting in the church there. He finds out on the day
after he arrives that his vicarage could be haunted. A week after his
arrival Nick hosts a welcome party for his parishioners. That night a
local couple are murdered in their bed.
DI Dominic Tennant is in charge of the investigation. He has in his
possession a note, left at the crime scene, indicating that there would
be more murders, and indeed another comes quickly. A fourth victim is
found in an alley the following night. Tennant wonders what the
connection is between the victims.
Nick becomes the next victim of an attack. Fortunately he is only
knocked unconscious. The village is on edge. Shortly after that
incident another person is bludgeoned to death. Will the killer reach
his goal before the police catch him? Tennant shares the contents of
the notes that the killer leaves at the scenes of the murders with Nick,
who comes to the realisation that each one has referred to one of the
Ten Commandments. Another murder, another commandment indicated by the
note left at the scene.
Author Deryn Lake has a very surprising conclusion for the reader after presenting a few likely culprits. A good, quick read.
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