The Stone Wife

During a lively auction in Bath, a dramatic hold-up interrupts the bidding on a medieval carving of the Wife of Bath, leading to a tragic shooting. Detective Peter Diamond becomes involved in the investigation, facing mysterious influences from a stone sculpture and uncovering complex motives. The case requires undercover work, with Sergeant Ingeborg Smith adopting a journalist persona to infiltrate the criminal underworld, where danger and murder continue to unfold.