In this absorbing new entry in the acclaimed New York Times
bestselling series, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge is caught up in a
twisted web of vengeance and murder.
On the north coast of Cornwall, an apparent act of mercy is repaid by an
arrest for murder. Four young women have been accused of the crime. A
shocked father calls in a favor at the Home Office. Scotland Yard is
asked to review the case.
However, Inspector Ian Rutledge is not the first Inspector to reach the
village. Following in the shoes of a dead man, he is told the case is
all but closed. Even as it takes an unexpected personal turn, Rutledge
will require all his skill to deal with the incensed families of the
accused, the grieving parents of the victim, and local police eager to
see these four women sent to the infamous Bodmin Gaol. Then why hasn't
the killing stopped?
With no shred of evidence to clear the accused, Rutledge must plunge
deep into the darkest secrets of a wild, beautiful and dangerous place
if he is to find a killer who may--or may not--hold the key to their
fate.