His respected â not very respected â chief had been grumbling all the way from London, and now the speeding Alvis was well into the wild and hilly country of Derbyshire, he was more caustic than ever.
When Chief Inspector Bill âIronsidesâ Cromwell accepts an invitation to spend Christmas at his sergeantâs family seat, Cloon Castle, he doesnât realise the mysteries heâll encounter. First, there is a mysterious figure who leaves no footprints, despite the heavy snow. Then an incident in a haunted room leads to a much more sinister mystery.