Audio Book Description:
After the senseless murder of his wife, Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley retreated to Cornwall, where he has spent six solitary weeks hikingthe bleak and rugged coastline.But no matter how far he walks, no matter how exhausting his days, the painful memories of Helen`s death do notdiminish. On the forty-third day of his walk, at the base of a cliff, Lynley discovers the body of a young man whoappears to have fallen tohis death. The closest town seems an unlikely place for murder. However, it soon becomesapparent that a clever killer is indeed at work, andthis time Lynley is not a detective but a witness and possibly a suspect. The head of thevastly understaffed local police department needs Lynley`shelp, but can Lynley let go of the past long enough to solve a most devious and carefully planned crime?
