THE THING IS WITH ICE CREAM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EAT IT. BUT YOU CAN'T DENY DEATH. YOU CAN FIGHT BUT NOT BEAT IT . . . Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It is a place of secrets and enigma. A place with an exquisite ice cream parlour, and an awful lot of death. A place where an extraordinary mystery is beginning to unfold. People have known for years that there is something rotten at the heart of Larkin Mills, and long suspected that some of the town's residents will do anything to keeps their secrets hidden. What's behind the ice cream seller Mr Morricone's sumptuous sundaes? What is undertaker Harold Milkwell hiding in the hearse? And what will young Ross uncover in the dark corners of the town's infamous waxwork museum? The truth can't stay hidden forever - and Larkin Mills contains the darkest and most peculiar secrets of all.