' Small hostilities were growing; vague jealousies were gaining strength; & far off wasn't there a nebulous hint of approaching tragedy in the air?' Welworth Garden City in the 1940s is a forward-thinking town where free spirits find a home
- vegetarians socialists & an array of exotic religious groups Chief among these are the Children of Osiris led by the eccentric High Prophet Eustace K Mildmann The cult is a seething hotbed of petty resentment jealousy & dark secrets
- which eventually lead to murder The stage is set for one of Inspector Meredith's most bizarre & exacting cases This witty crime novel by a writer on top form is a neglected classic of British crime fiction