In 1939, Sergeant Betty Church of London's Metropolitan Constabulary achieves a lifelong dream: promotion to the rank of inspector…albeit after losing an arm in the line of duty. Unfortunately, her promotion requires moving back to her grungy hometown in coastal Suffolk, where the no-nonsense Inspector Church spends as much time pursuing criminals (including a murderer who leaves mysterious neck wounds on the victims) as she does dealing with the eccentric, exasperating behavior of the locals and her fellow officers. Set in small-town England on the cusp of war, this droll mystery introduces a memorable new gumshoe.