Step back in time to the late 1920s and a seemingly impossible murder case. When a widely despised landholder is found dead with a bullet in his chest in a locked room, the rookie Detective Hartley seeks help from a mysterious wanderer to solve the case. Featuring the mendicant monk from Death Leaves the Station, readers are drawn into a world of small-town Western Australia, navigating the strained sensibilities and dark secrets of the past. This is a must-read for fans of Amanda Hampson's The Tea Ladies or Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club. Settle in with a cuppa and get ready for a thrilling ride to a shocking and satisfying conclusion in the true tradition of parlour-room reveals.