Chief Inspector Domenic Jejeune hopes an overseas birding trip will hold some clues to solving his fugitive brother’s manslaughter case. Meanwhile his long-time nemesis Laraby has been drafted in as cover to investigate an accountant’s murder. With the manslaughter case poised to claim another victim Jejeune learns that his girlfriend Lindy is in grave danger and she needs Jejeune. Soon he is faced with a further dilemma. He can speak up on a secret he has discovered to Laraby’s case knowing it will cost his job on the north Norfolk coast he loves. Or he can stay silent and let a killer escape justice. Turns out that sometimes the wrong choice is the only one there is.

Part of the Birder Murder Mystery series.