When Inspector Thomas Pitt is asked to reopen a three-year-old murder
case that had taken place in London's luxurious Hanover Close, he is all
too aware that his superiors want him to simply smooth things over. But
penetrating the reserve of high society households will take more
finesse than Pitt can muster. Enter Charlotte Pitt, his wellborn wife,
and her sister, Emily. As the social equals of the inhabitants of the
Close, the women are privy to conversations that would never reach the
ears of a mere policeman. What they find is a secret so shocking it will
lead to more deaths--including, quite possibly, Pitt's own.