ISIS Publishing Ltd

Synopsis

The construction of a dam and reservoir brings a whole new set of problems to the resident constable of Aidensfield. Apart from worries about an increase in traffic, crime and lawlessness, Claude Jeremiah Greengrass creates concern when he finds a skeleton, and his attempts to build a caravan site are frustrated by an ever-increasing mountain of fresh earth. And then someone begins to steal Claude's mountain of earth while there is a nationwide crime wave involving stolen mobile cranes. Florrie the shoplifter gives police and shopkeepers a run for their money as the local lads are challenged by the reservoir workers to a cross-country race fuelled by pints of beer; meanwhile, Nick ponders the will of the eccentric Warwick Humbert Ravenswood whose last wish is to be buried at the bottom of the new reservoir. But it is the artist, Gordon Precious, who gives Nick his greatest challenge. When the site foreman begins a love affair with Gordon's wife, the artist vows to destroy the dam and the reservoir - and steals a cache of explosives to carry out his threat.

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