
Rumor is quick to spread that the death was caused by the ghost of Long Marsley: the Antlered Man. Is the Antlered Man an avatar of a pagan god, perhaps Herne the Huntsman? Or does the Antlered Man conceal an all-too-human identity bent on mayhem? This is the challenge facing Chief Detective-Inspector William Beeke and Detective-Sergeant Eustace Cavendish when a corpse is discovered on a lonely country road outside the village of Long Marsley.

Inspector Beeke - otherwise affectionately known as the Grouser on account of.

