<p><strong>One unexplained disappearance is strange, but two are sinister.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span>In Lower Hembrow, an idyllic village nestled beneath Ham Hill in Somerset, the villagers are preparing to enjoy the autumn traditions of the rural English countryside until Joe Trevillion, a curmudgeonly local farmer and the father of six children, vanishes.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>When Adam Hennessy, the ex-detective proprietor of The Plough, the village''s popular Inn, investigates, he finds ominous undercurrents beneath apparently harmless rumour and gossip.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>Meanwhile, a vicious campaign of vindictiveness forces Adam and his three amateur sleuth friends to dig deep into the secret lives of their neighbours to expose the source of a cruel vendetta and prevent another death.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span st