In this latest mystery, Mike Malone has to solve a very odd crime. Who exactly is the White Devil who keeps paying night-time visits to the wives of the local farmers? The wives might not be complaining but their husbands are certainly not happy about the situation. While Mike and his faithful Detective Sergeant, Alan Shepherd, put it all down to high spirits in the beginning, once blood is spilled in the farmyard, they realise that maybe the White Devil is trying to throw them off his real goal. Meanwhile, the ghosts from Mike's previous life in London are getting ever closer. The ghosts that he thought he had escaped from are now threatening everyone close to him.