Naked to the Hangman - Andrew Taylor

A retired police officer is murdered in the ruins of Lydmouth Castle. The reason for his death unfolds a decade earlier in Palestine during the chaotic closing months of the Mandate, the cradle of Middle Eastern terrorism.

As a young police officer, Inspector Richard Thornhil saw and did things which still haunt his dreams and make him fear for his sanity. Is he himself a killer? Now, in Lydmouth, the past has come back to claim him and he is under suspicion of another murder.

His wife Edith and his former lover Jill Francis form an uneasy alliance and try to help him. But there are many complications . . .