Philip Lovel is a retired Metropolitan police officer. He was born and brought up near Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire, before moving to Great Malvern. He has since done voluntary work of various types and now lives in Surrey. He is married with two grown-up children, and his interests include history, ornithology, meteorology, and the occasional glass of wine.
Great Malvern sleeps peacefully beneath the quiet splendour of the hills and next to the comforting presence of Malvern Priory. But this apparent serenity is suddenly broken by the disappearance of a local headmistress in mysterious circumstances, leaving local police struggling to find a reason. Ho...
