It's Christmas in Aberystwyth & a man wearing a red-&-white robe is found brutally murdered in a Chinatown alley. A single word is scrawled in his blood on the pavement: ' Hoffmann'. But who is Hoffmann? This time Aberystwyth's celebrated crime-fighter Louie Knight finds himself caught up in a brilliant pastiche of a cold-war spy thriller. From Patagonia to Aberystwyth Louie trails a legendary stolen document said to contain an astonishing revelation about the ultimate fate of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid but he's not the only one who wants it. A bewildering array of silver-haired spies has descended on Aberystwyth all lured out of retirement by one tantalising rumour: Hoffmann has come in from the Cold. Louie Knight who still hasn't wrapped up his presents just wishes he could have waited until after the holiday.