The Serpent and the Peacock

The discovery in a London cemetery of the body of a young woman in a crypt by some children sparks off a murder enquiry with ritual killing/occult connotations. The police begin their investigations and a female police detective, Eve Hallam, is assigned to the case by the new Senior Investigating Officer, a former colleague called Roger Hamilton who now outranks her.

Unfortunately her ability to investigate the murder is hampered by the fact that she is openly sceptical about any belief in t...