A 22-year-old brutal serial rape case was unresolved in the Cotswold village of Lower Stovey. Alan Markby investigated at the time and was disappointed not to end up with a conviction. But 22 years on he, now Detective Superintendent Alan Markby, and his girlfriend Meredith Mitchell were looking at property in the village when, coincidentally of course, a murder took place in the local church and in addition some human bones were found in Stovey Woods, the scene of the multiple rapes of years ago.This led Mitchell and Markby to begin investigating and what they turned up proved invaluable in helping solve not only the current murder and the identification of to whom the bones belonged but also the identity of the serial rapist from long ago. And there are plenty of twists and turns along the way!