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The body in the woods near Bristol was a nasty shock - a monk strapped to a chair and dumped in a ditch. He'd been savagely beaten. It's a while before D S George Cross and the Major Crime Unit establish that this is Father Dominic from a nearby abbey. He'd been missing for a few days and certainly hadn't asked permission to leave the his abbey. As the team gradually unpick the monk's past it becomes clear that he'd been well-loved as an investment banker, brother, neighbour and friend. He'd also been very wealthy but had given it all up for his faith. Why would someone savagely murder him?
If you've met DS George Cross before, he'll need no introduction from me. He's on the autistic spectrum and probably has Asperger's Syndrome. He can be hard to get on with but none of it is intentional: George simply doesn't understand the niceties that oil the wheels of everyday life. If you say ''good morning'' to him, he's unlikely to respond as he takes it as a simple statement of the obvious. He might offend you or he might say something which you take as being complimentary: neither is intentional. To George, they're just statements of fact.