The novel is set in the year 1960 when policing didn't have mobile phones, computers orCCTV. DCI Ger investigates the murder of Cyril Gull and the problems it brings.The author was born in a small place called Whitefield about 30 minutes from ManchesterI did many jobs in my life but when I finally retired I wasn't sure what to do then one daymy daughter said there's a pigeon dead in our garden, to which I said was it murder and sothe novel was born.