DCI Vera Stanhope is called to a quiet country lane where ayoung man has been found dead following a collision with a car.On closer inspection, it becomes clear that this is not anaccident and is way more than a hit and run. Vera discoversthat the victim is a popular market trader so heads down to hispitch to start to put together an idea of who our man is andascertain why anyone would want him dead.As the investigationgathers pace, Vera learns that our cheeky chappy was a complexcharacter. Antagonistic, arrogant and able to get what hewants, but did all of this come at a price? Secrets. Lies.Betrayal. Fractious relationships and intense rivalries but whowould want our barrow boy buried.
