A thrust to the vitals

Returning to Elmhurst many years after his involuntary departure, Sir Rufus Seward doesn't get the chance to make amends for the past: he's promptly murdered with a wood chisel. Rafferty and Llewellyn are on the case, but when Rafferty's younger brother is in the frame for the murder, Rafferty finds himself torn between protecting his family and finding the real killer ...