The second novel in the Peter and Georgia Marsh mystery series - When young Alice Winters is found murdered close to a ruined medieval tower just outside the remote village of Friday Street, her boyfriend Jake is arrested.
That evening a haunting melody is heard which, according to village myth, is played after a miscarriage of justice.
The case arouses the interest of investigators Peter and Georgia Marsh, who discover that Friday Street was the scene of another notorious murder in 1968 .