Andrew Saville

Jersey detective Bergerac has to contend with the murder of an elderly resident, threats from the IRA and the possibility of a scarlet fever epidemic.

When the body of a suspected blackmailer found on a deserted Jersey beach coincides with death threats to an important visitor to the island, Bergerac establishes a link when he investigates the origin of a scarlet fever outbreak.

Bergerac learns that Inspector Crozier is being blackmailed by two Germans.