Read by Andrew Wincott.

PI and painter Chris Honeysett combs the English spa town of Bath at the insistence of
a mysterious caller, who claims to have kidnapped a 15-year-old boy, in Helton's gripping third
mystery. The kidnapper, aware of Honeysett's sleuthing abilities, demands he commit a series of
burglaries to save the boy from death or mutilation. Complicating matters are the dead body that
turns up in Honeysett's stolen car and a witch who lives in a crumbling caravan surrounded by
springs and gardens of herbs. Helton takes what could have been a clich. in lesser hands, the
wounded good guy who must break the law to uphold justice, and makes him credible. Also vividly
portrayed are Honeysett's associates, fellow painter Annis Jordan and reformed safecracker Tim
Bigwood, with whom he shares an old barn that doubles as an art studio and their detective agency
headquarters. Shabby genteel Bath during the soggy autumn season serves as a memorable setting.

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