A Hearse on May-DayFenella, great niece to the unorthodox psychoanalyst and sleuth Mrs Bradley, unwittingly stumbles upon a pagan ritual in the sleepy village of Seven Wells. When the village's pub landlord disappears, Fenella calls on her great aunt's expert advice to help her unravel the developing mysteries. Why was the squire of the village stabbed in the back? And what is the secret of the five skeletons in the crypt?

What Sam doesn't know is that his client

This compelling book will make you laugh out loud from sheer nervousness at the madness of it all

but more and more he is drawn into situations where his own need for violent action will get him into trouble

He would have preferred to have spent the time with his father

this novel was adapted for BBC television and starred Martin Shaw as Adam Dalgliesh and Janie Dee as Emma Lavenham

from being convicted

his life in tatters

Flavia has to undertake the twelve labours of Hercules

commissioned by the King of the Badgers after the defeat of the Badfort crowd at Crack House

the first in a four part series

no work better captures the anguish and death-consciousness of a Europe about to plunge

one of her biggest fans is a cop