Hoax‪!‬

Scotland Yard's murder squad are called in to investigate the killings of three farm workers when the enquiries by the Devon police reach a dead end, but they soon have more murders and a kidnapping on their hands.

It seems that all the crimes may be connected, but is there a serial killer on the loose or are there several culprits with very different motives? Someone is covering their tracks carefully, and no sooner is one layer of deception peeled away than another is awaiting the detectives' skill and experience to uncover the next mystery beneath. Few of the victims are blameless, it would seem, and some of the most respectable members of the community may have more than one secret they would rather not reveal…