'The old crossroads used to run by here,' Dr Sam Dally told Rafferty. 'Legend has it this was the original Hanging Tree.'
When Inspector Rafferty first hears the report that a bound and hooded body has been seen hanging from a tree in Dedman Wood, he dismisses it as a schoolboy hoax. But his anxiety levels take a hike when the witness turns out to be a respectable local magistrate, who identifies the corpse as Maurice Smith, a man once accused of four child rapes. Thrown out on a legal technicality, Smith's case had become a cause célèbre which had generated much ill-feeling within the community. And now Smith seems to have disappeared
Then the body turns up again in the woods. Rafferty & Llewellyn find threatening letters in Smith's flatcould there be a self-appointed executioner at work, meting out his own form of justice on the legendary Hanging Tree?
Perfect for fans of LJ Ross, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, JM Dalgliesh, JD Kirk, and Faith Martin.
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