The detectives investigate when the body of a successful Bath businessman is found in a shallow grave in the shadow of Glastonbury Tor on the dawn of All Soul's Day. Their first suspect is local artist Hector Ingham, although McDonald can't help but be suspicious of the man who found the body. As increasingly cryptic clues come to light, one name keeps reoccurring in paper trails, credit card statement and on the lips of witnesses - that of Dodds himself