Publisher's Synopsis
The latest in the collection of rustic tales which inspired the top TV drama HEARTBEAT and its sister series, THE ROYAL. Having qualified for promotion, Constable Nick must await a vacany as he continues his rural duties at Aidensfield deep within the North York Moors National Park. As the spectacular countryside becomes increasingly busy with tourists, so the constabulary's day-to-day problems multiply with minor incidents like people getting lost and the menace of discarded litter. But there is more serious work ahead when Nick discovers the body of a man in a remote moorland house and a dog finds a human leg in a wood. The funeral of a London gangster brings a hint of menace to Ashfordly; a grandfather clock mysteriously disappears after an auction and there's a prowler at the local hospital.
