Chris Honeysett, artist and private investigator from Bath, is tired of the cold, snowy weather of  England.  When offered the opportunity to investigate a missing woman in the sunny, Greek island of Corfu he borrows an old motorhome and starts driving south.  Chris stays with an old friend from the past who lives on a remote part of Corfu where she struggles to make a living boarding tourists and giving painting lessons.  Her warm welcome doesn’t compensate for the barren, austere, backward living arrangements.  Soon Chris is feeling the hostility of the locals as he snoops around for the missing business woman.  Strange things begin happening such as snakes appearing in bedrooms and turtles turned into walking incindiaries with lit candles on their backs.  As Peter continues to investigate the danger increases and he wonders if he has taken on something he will regret.  An Inch of Time is Peter Helton’s fourth Chris Honeycutt novel.