At five past three in the morning, the town of Sitting Marsh was awakened by church bells. It was supposed to be the signal for a German invasion. Instead, Elizabeth discovers something equally alarming... the body of an American GI, hanging from the bell rope. In a town filled with growing tension between Yanks and less-than-welcoming villagers, this surely won't help matters. Elizabeth can only hope the murder is an isolated incident - and not a wake-up call of more to come.