The year is 1966 and the football World Cup is being played in England. With Russia due to play at Roker Park tensions are running high. CND protesters, led by students from Durham University are the last thing the police need arriving in the area. Gently and Bacchus find themselves investigating the cuddle of left-wing academic Fraser Barratt who was discovered dead in the docks after a CND rally.
Chief Inspector George Gently of Scotland Yard is an old-fashioned policeman who has gained respect but few friends through his single-minded pursuit of law-breakers and his disgust with the corruption in the police force.
Gently decides to retire after the cuddle of his wife, but not before solving his final case. Using his unusual combination of reason, deduction and a somewhat jaded understanding of man's nature, with the ambitious Bacchus by his side, will Gently's justice prevail?
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