New York: Scribner, (1999). Hardcover first edition - Mystery novel set in historic Bronte country - the body of a young man "is found dumped in an old car outside an Indian restaurant in the town of Haworth in Northern England. Sent from Leeds to investigate are detective constable Charlie Peace and his boss, detective superintendent Mike Oddie. Charlie's black skin marks him as an oddity in the small villages, but it also helps him dig up the kind of details which other cops might not be offered by the locals." 283 pp. ISBN: 0-684855321.