When Dr Ferens moves to a practice at Milham in the Moor in North Devon, he and his wife are enchanted with the beautiful hilltop village lying so close to the moor and sky. At first they see only its charm, but soon they begin to uncover its secrets - envy, hatred and malice... Chief Inspector Macdonald faces one of his most difficult cases in a village determined not to betray its dark secrets to a stranger. A British Library Crime Classic.