Detective Sergeant Hook and Superintendent Lambert investigate the murder of a professor at the Gloucester New University, a man his wife repeatedly described as an 'arsehole' when she reported him missing. She was not alone in her assessment, and in the course of their investigation the police discover a significant drug connection, and a new set of possible motives for the murder.
This was a well-plotted murder mystery, but I can't say I care much for the characters. Neither Hook nor Lambert seemed very distinctive or interesting. Outside of work, Lambert seems mostly to wander aimlessly around his garden, plucking dead flowers (symbolic? I don't think so). There were a few amusing moments when Lambert and Hook golfed together, but overall the characters and their interactions seemed flat - made for TV.
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