Maxwell’s Millennium is not quite like other people’s - for a start it is a year later. After much quibbling with the maths department everyone calls it an honourable draw and he celebrates as only he can: with his cat his model soldiers and his Southern Comfort. A knock on the door could be Jacquie Carpenter released from night shift earlier than expected but instead of a warm girl Maxwell opens his door to find a very cold old lady dead and naked. As a historian Maxwell always keeps an open mind but it needs to be even more open than usual as he faces satanic abuse allegations. The Devil is loose in Leighford - or at least someone is trying to make it look as though he is.

Part of the The Peter Maxwell Series series.