The police investigate the murder of a thirteen-year old boy who is found hanging in a tree in a nearby wood. The pathologist quickly determines that the boy was actually strangled and the hanging then staged. The murder causes an uproar in the community. The boy was gay and was the subject of much teasing and bullying at school. When one of the boy's school teachers tries to commit suicide he becomes the prime suspect. Fitz's wife Judith has returned home, but he is having difficulty forgiving her infidelity.
While Timothy Lang's family demands answers about his death, Fitz and the police focus on one of the boy's teachers, Nigel Cassidy, who they feel is a latent homosexual. Fitz may have met his match, however, and too late realizes he may have made a mistake. DCI Bilborough is distressed because his wife is about to have his baby. Fitz's relationship with Jane Penhaligon moves to a new plane when she asks him to go on holiday with her.
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