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

Peter Maxwell receives an invitation to his school reunion. His old chums will be there . . . So will a killer.

Maxwell arrives expecting reminiscing and jovial japes with the ‘Old Boys’ of Halliards school. Instead, he finds the years have taken their toll on his friends and, under the surface of jollity, is a simmering tension. An unspoken edge to the evening that Maxwell can’t put his finger on.

Then the most popular ‘Old Boy’, George Quentin, is discovered hanging from the school bell rope.

This was murder. ‘Quent’ had been struck from behind. And when another of the friendship group is murdered, it’s clear someone is picking them off one by one. But why?

Now it’s not just old school songs that bind these men. They are targets of a killer.

Maxwell must uncover the secret that has been lurking in the school corridors for all these years . . . Before he becomes the next victim.

If you love Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, 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!