"Next to Jane Austen, Peter Lovesey is the writer the tourist board of
Bath, England, extols most proudly . . . The enduring draw of the Peter
Diamond books derives both from the beguiling Bath cityscape and the
brusque character of Diamond himself." --NPR
PC Harry Trasker is the third policeman in the Bath area to be shot dead
in less than twelve weeks. The assassinations are the work of a sniper
who seems to be everywhere and nowhere at once, always a step ahead.The
younger detectives od their best with what little evidence he leaves,
but they're no match for this murderer and his merciless agenda.
When Chief Superintendent Peter Diamond is assigned to the case, he
begins to find curious connections between the dead officers after
talking to their widows. But then a chilling encounter with the killer
leaves Diamond in the lurch and the sniper in the wind. Things get even
more complicated when the evidence starts to suggest that the killer
might be one of Britain's finest--a theory unpopular among Diamond's
colleagues. Can Diamond manage to capture an elusive and increasingly
dangerous killer while keeping his team from losing faith in him?