Illegal fuel gangs, murder, stray bullets and a macabre discovery catapult three apprentice carpenters into action as old score are settled around them. Main characters previoulsy encountred in ‘Utterly Explosive’ return and D.I. Clive Merry becomes established. Throw a Vespa scooter, a canary yellow classic car, a mysterious medallion and hints of romance into the mix and you have a witty and compelling tale from Pauliine Manders. The heady events culminate in a blazing Guy Fawkes evening….

This is the second book in the Utterly Crime Series, but can be read as a stand alone. Once again the plot is set in the Suffolk countryside - now suffused with the colours of Autumn. The action moves from Bury St Edmunds to Stowmarket; Wattisham to Hadleigh; Needham Market to Ipswich.