Snakes and Ladders

A body lies amongst the undergrowth in Mildenheath Woods. His hands are bound behind his back, and he's been killed execution-style.
But the victim isn't a gangland kingpin: he's a well-liked young man, never in any trouble, who had his whole life ahead of him.
But as Jack Culverhouse and Wendy Knight begin to dig deeper into what happened, a shocking new truth comes to light. Was the victim quite as innocent as he seemed?