About the book: 2011 / High Court Member Justice Barber spends his life on the road endlessly, presiding over the most serious trials in the South of England. He has handed down many sentences - but which of the convicts did criminals or loved ones send him an anonymous letter with threats? At first, Barber does not take the anonymous person’s threats seriously - but soon he only miraculously manages to avoid death from poison. The police are inactive. And then amateur detective Francis Pettigrew gets down to business.