In January 1931, on a lonely stretch of Northumberland road known as Wolf&;s Nick, flames rose up into the night sky from the neighboring moorland. Beyond anyone&;s help, Evelyn Foster, a young taxi driver, lay near her burning car&;herself engulfed in flames&;desperately hoping to be found by a passing vehicle. With her last breath she described her attacker: a mysterious man with a bowler hat who had asked her to drive him to the next village, then attacked her and left her to die. What followed was a remarkable effort by some members of the police to track down Evelyn&;s killer&;while other members of the force questioned the circumstances, Evelyn&;s character, and even if there was a man at all. Professional crime writer and lecturer Diane Janes gained unprecedented access to Evelyn&;s case files. Through her evocative description, gift for storytelling and detailed factual narrative, Diane takes the reader back to the scene of the crime, painting a vivid description of village life and the social attitudes of the 1930s. Central to this tragic tale is a daughter, sister, and friend who lost her life in an unspeakably horrific way, and the likely name of her murderer&;revealed for the first time.