<p>It&amp;#39;s Christmas in Aberystwyth. The tourists have gone home. The latest movie starring Clip the Sheepdog is on at the cinema. And a man wearing a red and white robe is found brutally murdered in a Chinatown alley. A single word is scrawled in his blood on the pavement: Hoffmann. But who is Hoffmann?</p><p>Thus begins the latest hilarious adventure in the Louie Knight series. This time, Aberystwyth&amp;#39;s celebrated crimefighter finds himself all at sea in a brilliant pastiche of a cold-war spy thriller.</p><p>Caught in a web of intrigue spanning the world from Patagonia to Aberystwyth, Louie sets out on the trail of a legendary document stolen long ago from Adolf Eichmann. It is said to contain an astonishing revelation about the ultimate fate of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but he&amp;#39;s not the only one who wants it. A bewildering array of superannuated spooks and silver-haired spies have descended on Aberystwyth, all lured out of retirement by one tantalising rumour: Hoffmann has decided to come in from the Cold.</p><p>Louie Knight, who still hasn&amp;#39;t wrapped his presents, just wishes he could have waited until after the holiday.</p>