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"Set in North England. Boys search for witch's grave. Find Body buried upside down. Toes wiggle. Detective and fiancee live on a boat. She is going to leave police after wedding. Coroner is gay and close friends of police couple. Reporter finds local businessman hanged. Murder scene shows the murder was staged as the stool was too short. Body has had little finger severed and there is blood and fingernails at the scene."