In her most eagerly anticipated novel yet Elizabeth George brings backScotland Yards Thomas Lynley to investigate a ruthless crime. After thesenseless murder o... » 

In her most eagerly anticipated novel yet Elizabeth George brings backScotland Yards Thomas Lynley to investigate a ruthless crime. After thesenseless murder of his wife Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley retreatedto Cornwall where he has spent six solitary weeks hiking the bleak and ruggedcoastline. But no matter how far he walks no matter how exhausting his daysthe painful memories of Helens death do not diminish. On the fortythirdday of his walk at the base of a cliff Lynley discovers the body of a youngman who appears to have fallen to his death. The closest town better known forits tourists and its surfing than its intrigue seems an unlikely place formurder. However it soon becomes apparent that a clever killer is indeed atwork and this time Lynley is not a detective but a witness and possibly asuspect. The head of the vastly understaffed local police department needsLynleys help though especially when it comes to the mysterious secretivewoman whose cottage lies not far from where the body was discovered. But canLynley let go of the past long enough to solve a most devious and carefullyplanned crime? «