Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan star in an original full-cast television episode specially adapted for audio. When Andy Dalziel attends the funeral of an old flame, Francesca Lock, little does he know the repercussions her death will bring. First, he receives a shocking letter from Fran in which she informs him that he is the father of Mark Lock, a DS in Andy's station. Then her name crops up in another context altogether. Local solicitor David Brewer is found murdered...
The third novel in Annie Murray's "Birmingham" series. While Genie's father is away fighting in World War II, her mother has a ruinous affair which leaves her pregnant; Genie's little brother leaves, never to return; while Genie herself meets a man who then disappears to war.