内容简介：
A badly decomposed body is found in a remote spot by a river in Northern England by a middle-aged couple out for a dayas ramble. No person of its description has been reported missing, and the police are baffled. In a nearby city a firm of solicitors has been inconvenienced and somewhat alarmed by the non-appearance without explanation of one of its partners. However, a search by police at his home seems to reveal that all is in order. The police inspector in charge of the unidentified body case is the only one who feels that there must be a connection between the two mysteries. He sets out to interview the solicitoras elderly relatives only to be further confused by what he discovers, especially as it impinges on his own personal problems.