Meet Peter Maxwell: film buff, golden-hearted cynic, bow-tied eccentric teacher . . . and reluctant amateur sleuth.

Peter Maxwell should be retired. Instead he’s been roped into supervising one last school trip to the Isle of Wight. At least he’s staying in a charming seafront hotel, and the staff are allowed a plus one.

Art teacher, Tom Medlicott, brings his glamorous wife, Izzy, who turns more than a few heads on the first night.

But the very next morning she’s vanished without a trace.

The police tell Tom not to worry — she’ll turn up. But things take a sinister turn when Izzy’s first husband is found dead.

Then Tom is discovered in a heap at the bottom of a staircase.

Both men had their necks broken.

One dead husband’s a tragedy. But two’s a coincidence too far.

A murderer is hiding in plain sight and Maxwell must use his skills once again to find out who . . .

If you love Faith Martin, Richard Osman, Ian Moore, Rob Rinder, Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, Janice Hallett, M.C. Beaton or Simon Brett, prepare to be hooked by this character-driven thrilling mystery!