Serpent's Point

Serpent's Point in South Devon is the focus of local legends. The large house on the headland is shrouded in an ancient tale of evil and when a woman is found strangled on the coastal path nearby DI Wesley Peterson is called in to investigate. The woman had been house-sitting at Serpent's Point and Wesley is surprised to discover that she was conducting an investigation of her own into unsolved missing persons cases. Could these enquires have led to her murder? While the case takes Wesley to Yorkshire and the Cotswolds his friend archaeologist Neil Watson is making a dramatic discovery of his own in the fields nearby. Then when a skeleton is uncovered the pressure rises to find a killer - and Wesley and Neil find out that Serpent's Point holds more secrets than anyone could have imagined.