The new Elizabeth George! The 22nd case for Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers. A small town in picturesque Cornwall becomes the scene of a bloody crime—and the trail to the perpetrator leads directly into Lynley's family... In the idyllic town of Trevellas, successful businessman Michael Lobb is found brutally murdered. Does the murder have anything to do with the planned construction project that has been causing an uproar in Cornwall for months? Or is Lobb's family behind the gruesome act? Suspicion immediately falls on Kayla, Michael's much younger wife, who stands to inherit a considerable sum after her husband's death. But his brother Sebastian would also benefit significantly from Michael's demise.