The Killer Question

A country pub stands empty, its windows boarded up. Its landlords, Mal and Sue Eastwood, have vanished, and nobody can say where they went. The Eastwoods were kindly people, which makes the silence around them harder to explain.

The days before they disappeared were strange ones. A man was pulled dead from the river nearby. A couple living on a houseboat claimed a spirit guide directed their lives. Each event sits oddly beside the others, and none comes with an explanation.

At the weekly pub quiz, a new team turned up out of nowhere and began winning every round. The regulars were furious. They were sure the newcomers were cheating, yet no one could work out how it was done.

The book is a murder mystery with a comic, dark edge, and it is built as a puzzle the reader is invited to solve alongside the villagers. Someone has not been playing fair. The question is who killed the man in the river, and whether the quiz team's winning streak and the Eastwoods' disappearance share a cause.