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

Peter Maxwell hates modern technology. He prefers a textbook, a red pen and a classroom. But teaching takes a deadly turn when an online zoom lesson reveals a gruesome double murder.

Student Marcus Ancaster’s parents have been bludgeoned to death in their bedroom. The only clue is the sight of a shadowy figure creeping silently away.

But with everyone confined indoors, there are no suspects. How could a killer enter the Ancasters’ home unnoticed?

Then another body is found in the garden shed — and the case takes a chilling twist.

With the streets eerily silent and time running out, Maxwell must uncover the truth before the killer strikes again.

If you love Faith Martin, Richard Osman, Richard Coles, Fiona Leitch, Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, Simon Brett, Janice Hallett, M.C. Beaton or Agatha Christie, prepare to be hooked by this character-driven thrilling mystery!