Murder of a Cotswold Village

After graduating Ian Smithers joined the Ministry of Information in London to work on projects for the Queen's Coronation in June 1953. In February 1953 the new Head of Department, known as the Colonel and obsessive about secrecy gave Ian a top-secret assignment to find a village with specific characteristics within three miles of a RAF station. The village was to be used in a survey. Ian located a remote Cotswold village that met all the requirements and reported back to the Colonel. His n...