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The village of Badger's Drift is the essence of tranquillity. But when resident and well-loved spinster Miss Simpson takes a stroll in the nearby woods, she stumbles across something she was never meant to see, and there's only one way to keep her quiet. Miss Simpson's death is not suspicious, say the villagers. But Miss Lucy Bellringer refuses to rest: her friend has been murdered. She is sure of it.

In 1955 young army major Robbie Mills dies, disembarking a submarine docked at Torbay Harbour in Devon.His superiors say he was drinking and slipped from the gangplank in inclement weather. His widow, Josephine, has no reason to disbelieve them. But within weeks a man knocks on her door. He introduces himself as Captain John Cottell, and he tells Josephine that Robbie’s death was no accident, and Robbie was a spy. It’s a meeting that will change Josephine’s life forever.Now journalists Eugene Henderson and Andy Clark help Josephine’s daughter Nicky solve a mystery that has spanned ...

Badger's Drift ist ein idyllisches englisches Dörfchen, das zwischen grünen Hügeln dem Sommer entgegenträumt. Dennoch: Als dort Miss Emily Simpson verstirbt und obwohl es keinerlei Anzeichen für einen unnatürlichen Tod gibt, ist ihre alte Freundin Luca Bellringer äußerst misstrauisch. Sie bittet Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, den Todesfall zu untersuchen. Schnell entdeckt er Risse in der scheinbar friedvollen Fassade des kleinen Dorfes.