There's something wrong about the widower's response. Inspector Wexford can't get past Robert Hartnell's odd reaction to his mother's discovery of his wife's strangled corpse. There's no evidence against him; no evidence against anyone for that matter. The house has been completely cleaned, leaving only two handprints, that of the landlord on the inside of a seldom used cupboard and on the bathtub that of a woman with an L-shaped scar on her forefinger. No one in Kingsmarknam knew the Hartnells so who could possibly have a motive? No, Hartnell had to be having an affair and plotted with his lover to kill his wife.
But there's no evidence and Hartnell complained to Wexford's superior, so he has to investigate on his own time. With the help of his nephew Howard, Mike Burden, informant Ginge Matthews, and a lucky break involving the disappearance of a young woman in a neighboring town, Wexford manages to piece together what happened, including a well supported twist ending.
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