Worn cover otherwise intact. 378pp. Only 18 black people live in Kingsmarkham. One is Wexfords new doctor; Raymond Akande. When his daughter Melanie goes missing, the Chief Inspector take more than just a professional interest in the case.Against a background of rising unemployment and social change, Wexford is involved in a case which tests not only his powers of deduction, but his basic beliefs and prejudices.