LAMP OF THE WICKED

'YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIS INSPIRATION. THESE ARE ONES HE WISHES HE'D DONE, THE ONES HE WISHES HE'D GOT TO FIRST...' AFTER HALF A CENTURY OF DECAY, THE VILLAGE OF UNDERHOWLE LOOKED TO BE ON THE BRINK OF A NEW PROSPERITY. NOW, INSTEAD, IT SEEMS DESTINED FOR NOTORIETY AS THE HOME OF A PSYCHOTIC SERIAL KILLER. DI FRANCIS BLISS, OF HEREFORD CID, IS CONVINCED HE KNOWS WHERE THE BODIES ARE BURIED. BUT MERRILY WATKINS, CALLED IN TO CONDUCT A CONTROVERSIAL FUNERAL, WONDERS IF BLISS ISN'T BLINKERED BY PERSONAL AMBITION. AND ARE THE UNDERHOWLE DEATHS REALLY LINKED TO PERHAPS THE MOST SICKENING KILLINGS IN BRITISH CRIMINAL HISTORY?