In The Second Shot Roger Sheringham tackles his most extraordinary case - the mysterious death of popular man-about-town, Eric Scott-Davies. In this, the story of a murder rather than the detection of a murder, the fatal shooting at Minton Deeps Farm is revealed to be no sportsman's accident as was first supposed. And the police investigations turn up fresh scandal about Scott-Davies - his affair with a local femme fatale, Mrs de Ravel. In the end, the murderer reveals himself and his motives to us...