Scoggie Castle is cold and grim, but to Charles Murray it has become a refuge - until a series of deaths shakes family and servants alike. The local village is split in two, so who has the answer to the mystery, the pig-lovers or the pig-haters?
The second in the Murray of Letho series, this is a lighter book but still peopled with convincing and entertaining characters. Murray struggles with the two boys he has to teach as well as the delicate balance of his position between Great Hall and servants' hall.