The Night Of The Twelfth: Michael Gilbert

On the night of the twelfth of June, ten year old Ted Lister failed to return home. His tortured body was found in a Sussex cornfield - the third such murder in twelve months. At Trenchard House, Kenneth Manifold, the new master has arrived to take the place of a staff member who has retired with a nervous breakdown. Not all the pupils were a threat to mental health - although one or two were rather special...