About the book

Lord Peter Wimsey finds himself stranded in the snowy Fens of East Anglia after an automobile accident on New Year’s Eve. Seeking refuge at the rectory of Fenchurch St Paul, he becomes immersed in the mathematical intricacies of change-ringing and the history of the church's ancient bells. When a mutilated, unidentifiable corpse is discovered in a grave meant for a local noblewoman, Wimsey collaborates with Superintendent Blundell to solve the mystery. The investigation involves a decades-old emerald theft, a code hidden in a ringing peal, and the fatal physical effects of acoustic resonance within the bell chamber.

This book serves readers who enjoy procedural mysteries built on technical expertise and atmospheric settings. It appeals to those interested in the specialized traditions of campanology, English village social hierarchies, and the engineering of drainage systems in the marshlands. The reader walks away with a detailed understanding of how change-ringing operates as both a craft and a mathematical puzzle, alongside a solution where the environment itself functions as the primary mechanism of death.

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