Tea and sympathy have never been so deadly.

Schoolteacher Adam Matthews just wants to help select a new headteacher and go home. The governors at Lindenshaw St. Crispin's have already failed miserably at finding the right candidate, so it's make or break this second time round. But when one of the applicants is found strangled in the school, what should have been a straightforward decision turns as tempestuous as a flash flood in their small English village.

Inspector Robin Bright isn't thrilled to be back at St. Crispin's. Memories of his days there are foul enough...