Detective Inspector Mike Malone thought that his transfer to the countryside would give him the opportunity to take things easy. However, when a well-loved local philanthropist is found strangled, he realizes that maybe country-life is not so quiet after all. As he wades through wool and blood to find the mastermind behind this dreadful act, two of his friends suddenly disappear. This is the first of a series of tongue-in-cheek crime mysteries featuring DI Mike Malone.