CHARACTERS OF HUFFINFIELD

With the crazy edicts of the new Police Superintendent, Inspector Deightonis counting the days to retirement. To top it off, he is assigned toinvestigate what sounds like a prank, something about a bird tethered to alittle girl's hat. The complainant is Lady Carmella, new in town.Deighton pays Lady Carmella a visit. Her story prompts his recollection of acase from years back. He explains the people she saw were her neighbors, aretired circus troupe, engaging in stage pranks. He relates how their anticscaused quite a stir when they first moved to town. Lady Carmella wants tobelieve him.Two days later, the Chief Inspector returns the case to Deighton when LadyCarmella is found unconscious. In looking for answers, Deighton finds morequestions.The craziness ramps up. Hijinx, hardened criminals, meat pies, racistviolence, ex-KGB, blackmail, vigilantes, cockroaches, human cadavers,police corruption, beheaded sheepdogs, candle light vigils, water hoses andgreenhouses...all begin to emerge. Deighton needs to find out what is happening in Huffinfield.Not everyone wants the truth uncovered.