It was Police Sergeant Peter Travers' worst nightmare. He'd come down to marry Maxine Tavistock in the historic church attended by her parents in St Just, on Land's End. Then a dead body was found at the bottom of Ding Dong Mine, the day before Christmas. Just one week before their wedding.
The death was said to be "an accident". But suppose it was much, much worse. How could Peter and Maxine go away on their honeymoon, leaving a killer at large, near to Peter's new in-laws?
Peter is on leave and the local police, when contacted, are dismissive. His only chance is to turn bridesmaid George Gilbert and the rest of the long-stay wedding guests into an unofficial crime team.
Who was the dead man? What was he hoping to find, down the old mine shaft? Is anything odd about Ding Dong Mine and its long history? Why should anyone care about it today? Crucially, who might want to stop them?
It's a race against the clock. The wedding is over and the reception underway before tangible progress is made. In the end it is Peter's new wife, Maxine, that unravels the crucial detail.
The death was said to be "an accident". But suppose it was much, much worse. How could Peter and Maxine go away on their honeymoon, leaving a killer at large, near to Peter's new in-laws?
Peter is on leave and the local police, when contacted, are dismissive. His only chance is to turn bridesmaid George Gilbert and the rest of the long-stay wedding guests into an unofficial crime team.
Who was the dead man? What was he hoping to find, down the old mine shaft? Is anything odd about Ding Dong Mine and its long history? Why should anyone care about it today? Crucially, who might want to stop them?
It's a race against the clock. The wedding is over and the reception underway before tangible progress is made. In the end it is Peter's new wife, Maxine, that unravels the crucial detail.