New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter
Robinson delivers a gripping novel of jealousy, betrayal, envy,
ambition, greed, lust, revenge--all the colors of darkness that lead
inevitably to murder.
In a world of terror and uncertainty, what does one small death matter?
The body hanging from a tree in a peaceful wood appears to Detective
Inspector Annie Cabbot to be a suicide. But further investigation into
the sad demise of Mark Hardcastle leads to another corpse, brutally
bludgeoned to death.
Suddenly the case demands the attention of Chief Inspector Alan Banks,
called back from his vacation even though nothing suggests this wasn't a
crime of passion followed by remorse and self-destruction. Shocking
revelations broaden the inquiry to unexpected places and seats of power.
And a stubborn policeman who will not be frightened away could lose
everything in one terrifying, explosive instant.
In this masterful novel of psychological suspense, Peter Robinson delves
once again into the dark recesses of the human mind and shows what can
happen when evil rests there.