It was a cold-blooded murder committed in one of Yorkshire’s country
estates. The conspirators: Sir Ralph Mickledore and his lover, American
nanny Cissy Kohler. The victim: Mickledore’s hapless wife. Mickledore’s
execution for the open-and-shut case made headlines.
Mystery
Recalled to Life
By Reginald Hill
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It was a cold-blooded murder committed in one of Yorkshire’s country
estates. The conspirators: Sir Ralph Mickledore and his lover, American
nanny Cissy Kohler. The victim: Mickledore’s hapless wife. Mickledore’s
execution for the open-and-shut case made headlines.
Thirty years later, so has Cissy’s parole in light of new testimony suggesting her innocence. But when the witness whose long-suppressed evidence is murdered, Dalziel and Pascoe realize the damage done by the fatal affair isn’t over. But whose secrets will prove more revealing? Those buried with Mickledore and his wife a generation ago? Or those Cissy is holding on to for dear life?