Having been invited to spend Christmas in the country fishing for pike Gently finds himself hunting a completely different predator when a guest at Merely Hall a nearby stately home is found dead at the foot of the grand staircase on Christmas morning. At first the tragedy is assumed to be a simple accident but Gently is not one to jump to conclusions & is soon in no doubt whatsoever that this was murder. Merely produces the finest tapestries in England but the threads that Gently must unravel in his investigation are more complex than any weavers design with everyone from the lord of the manor to his most lowly servant falling under suspicion. Praise for Alan Hunters Gently books: It is always a pleasure to look forward to another Gently book by Alan Hunter
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