In this chilling investigation of foul deeds and mysterious deaths, former police inspector, Peter N Walker leads the reader through his native countryside in search of the truth behind many unexplained mysteries and unsolved murders. Isolated moorland inns and quiet dales conceal memorable tales of passion and despair from ancient times right up to the present day.

This wide-ranging and breathtaking collection of murders and mysteries is intriguing and informative, whether you know the North York Moors or not.

As detective Superintendent Mark Pemberton investigates the death of a woman nick-named The Princess, he finds himself asking the same question time and time again.  Accident or murder?

The last of the wealthy Milverdale family, The Princess has been found shot in the grounds of her estate.  Was the bullet that killed her, a stray from a local poacher's gun?  Or did someone deliberately set out to shoot her dead?  Pemberton soon begins to suspect murder as he uncovers unsavoury rumours which suggest there are many who would wish The Princess harm - and the dissolution of the Milverdale estate means tenants are entitled to buy their properties, revealing yet more suspects.

Nonetheless, Pemberton becomes convinced that the key to her death is a deep family secret.  Could there be an heir?  And would an heir do anything to gain his inheritance - such as making The Princess's death look like a tragic accident?