sentences:  He died at his home in Holywell, Cornwall, on 15 November 2002.The village of Kergwyns is baffled by the bizarre shooting of an attractive local woman; the only thing stolen from the scene being her left shoe and stocking, exposing her foot deformity.As Wycliffe investigates, he becomes acquainted with the life of the deeply unhappy woman who routinely manipulated the men around her.