Charlie Priest isn’t your typical angst-ridden detective with a drink problem. He gets on well with his constables and has an actual sense of humour.

Yorkshire isn’t just picturesque villages and sheep stealing. Detective Priest is about to face international art scammers.

An exhibition with ten famous paintings, including a Picasso, is touring England. But four of the artworks have been secretly switched with fakes — forged by Priest’s old art teacher, Rudi Truscott.

Looks like crime doesn’t take a day off, but neither does Priest.

Before Priest can dig deeper, Truscott dies in a suspicious fire — nothing but a pile of ash remains of the poor sod.

With his only lead up in smoke, Priest needs to find the crooks . . . before they strike again.