The police have just recovered a car from below the ice in a the River
Lark. Philip Dryden is there when they open the boot. Inside is a
block of ice containing the body of a man. As a reporter, he is able to
beat the deadline for publishing the story.
Dryden works for the local weekly, and later that evening learns that
the local cathedral is having issues with its gutters, which could
require costly repairs for the local council. The following evening a
badly decomposed body is found up on the roof of the cathedral. When
could the person have died up there?
The body in this case is quickly identified. It was a teenager who had
been involved in a gruesome robbery back in 1966. A short time later,
the prints on the victim found in the block of ice identify him as
another person who was involved in the robbery. Unfortunately, they
don’t have a name for him.
How will Dryden get the evidence to show who was involved in the killing
of the two men? With weather becoming a factor on the Fens, it will
not be easy. Author Jim Kelly has several gauntlets for Dryden to
overcome as he works out the murders. A good, quick read.
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